Dodo Services

Dodo Services Pty Ltd
Dodo
Subsidiary
Industry Internet Service Provider
Founded September 2001
Founder Larry Kestelman,
Michael Slepoy[1]
Area served
 Australia
Products Broadband internet, mobile phone plans, utility retail services
Parent Vocus Communications
Website www.dodo.com

Dodo Services Pty Ltd, trading as Dodo, is an Australian Internet service provider, based in Melbourne, and a fully owned subsidiary of Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC).[2]

History

The company was established in September 2001.[3] Dodo expanded services which include mobile broadband, VoIP, home and car insurance, gas and electricity.[3]

In 2013, the company was acquired by M2 Group.[4][5] Prior to being bought out, the company had over 400,000 customers and 660,000 active services.[4][5] M2 paid $203.90 million for Dodo and $44.10 million for Eftel as some of the owners owned both companies.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Slepoy a full-time Tiger" by Roy Ward, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2012
  2. ↑ "Vocus to merge with M2 to create $3 billion telecommunications titan". SMH. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  3. 1 2 "Dodo". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  4. 1 2 3 "M2 buys Dodo, launches takeover bid for Eftel". Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  5. 1 2 3 "M2 Dodo sale makes CEO happy as Larry". Retrieved 2015-04-28.
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