TPG Telecom

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TPG Telecom Limited: a quick overview

TPG Telecom is a major Australian telecommunications company. It is the second-largest company by market listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the country’s third-largest mobile carrier.

What it does
- Owns and operates both fixed-line and mobile networks.
- Brands include TPG, Vodafone, iiNet, Internode, AAPT, Lebara and Felix Mobile.
- Fixed network: more than 27,000 kilometres of fibre across metropolitan and inter-capital links.
- Mobile network: over 5,600 sites, covering a large part of Australia with 4G and ongoing 5G rollout.
- About 5.8 million mobile subscribers (as of 2020); tens of millions of Australians are reached by its networks.

History in brief
- The company’s roots go back to Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA), which formed in 2009 from the merger of Vodafone Australia and Hutchison Australia’s 3.
- In 2018, a merger between VHA and TPG was announced. After regulatory reviews, the merger proceeded, and VHA listed on the ASX on 30 June 2020.
- The combined business completed its merger with TPG on 13 July 2020 and became TPG Telecom.
- Felix Mobile, a low-cost digital mobile brand, was launched in November 2020.

Recent developments
- In October 2024, Vocus Group announced it would acquire TPG’s Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed business and fibre network assets for about $5.25 billion, including AAPT and Vision Network Assets. The sale was finalized in July 2025.
- In 2022, TPG proposed a network-sharing deal (MOCN) with Telstra to expand regional coverage. The ACCC denied the plan in December 2022, and the decision was upheld in mid-2023 after appeals.

TPG Telecom also connects international subsea cables through its networks and continues to grow its footprint across Australia through its various brands.