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COMMS GROUP LTD — Investor Presentation 2026
May 10, 2026
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commsgroup
Australian Microcaps Conference
11 May 2026
COMMS GROUP LIMITED (ASX: CCG)
www.commsgroup.limited
This document has been approved by the Board of Comms Group Limited
Agenda

Introduction & Highlights

Financial Highlights

Operational Update

Strategy & Outlook

Q&A
COMMS GROUP | 3
Who we are
commsgroup
A specialised communications and managed IT services provider to businesses.
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia with operations in Melbourne, Gold Coast, Hobart, Singapore, London, and the Philippines and extensive coverage across the Asia-Pacific region.
Servicing businesses, Enterprise and Government, as well as wholesale services to domestic and international telcos and IT services companies.
Focused on generating strong shareholder returns.
- Domestic (Australian) Business:
- Communications & Collaboration services for Small Medium Enterprise (SME), Corporate & Gov.
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Secure Managed IT Solutions including cloud computing (IaaS) services for Corporate & Gov.
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Global Business:
- Global & Wholesale Unified Communications provider for Global Enterprises & Wholesale Voice Services for Global Telcos and Application Service Providers.
Board & KMP
commsgroup






Ryan O'Hare
Non-Executive Chairman
Ryan is Non-Executive Chairman of Comms Group Limited, bringing decades of leadership in B2B telecoms through ventures like corpTEL, People Telecom, and Next Telecom—each marked by strategic growth and successful exits.
Peter McGrath
Executive Director & CEO
Peter brings 30 years of experience across telecommunications, ICT, and corporate advisory, including over 20 years in senior leadership. He has served as CEO of major Australian telecom firms and holds deep expertise in equity capital markets and corporate finance.
Ben Jennings
Non-Executive Director
Benjamen has 26 years' accounting experience across Australia and the UK. He founded Jennings Partners in 2009 and chaired Telegate and Syntel, now part of Comms Group Limited.
Claire Bibby
Non-Executive Director
Claire is a highly experienced lawyer with over 30 years' experience as a lawyer, Executive and Non-Executive Director with ASX, multinational, private and NFP organisations and executive coach.
Steve Picton
Non-Executive Director
Stephen has 30+ years' global tech experience, including senior roles at British Telecom and AAPT. He founded GoTalk, LBNCo, and FuzeNet—scaling them into major players and exiting for over $110M.
Matthew Beale
CFO
Matthew Beale, CFO of Comms Group, is a Chartered Accountant with broad experience as CFO across listed and private SMEs. His industry exposure spans agriculture, ports, mining, IT, and online retail. Matthew has an MBA from The Australian Graduate School of Management.
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Major Shareholders

Source*: Boardroom (excludes performance rights)
| Key Shareholders* | % Ownership |
|---|---|
| Institutions | |
| Naos Asset Management | 11.6% |
| Related Parties | |
| Ryan O'Hare | 9.2% |
| Peter McGrath | 5.8% |
| Benjamen Jennings | 3.2% |
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Operating Businesses

commsgroup
We enhance business agility through innovative cloud-based communications and secure managed IT solutions
Communications & Collaboration
Full-service telco service provider to Australian Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Enterprise and Government
Secure Managed IT Solutions
Award-winning Managed IT & Cloud Services Provider supporting the needs of corporate customers
Global & Wholesale Unified Communications
Enterprise & Wholesale Global Customers, specialists in Unified Comms as a Service and Wholesale Voice Services
Revenue Model
01
Communications & Collaboration
Revenue Model
- Provides telco services to SME's including VOIP (Internet phone service), NBN, Fibre and Contact Centre
- Services billed monthly, on an initial multi-year contract and then rolled over monthly
- High level of client and industry diversification, largest client <2% of revenue
02
Secure Managed IT Solutions
Revenue Model
- IT managed services provider of a broad range of IT services including
- Office and Cloud software services
- Data back-up
- Cyber security
- Teams/Webex support
- Technical support
- Switching costs, time and training leads to low client attrition rates (<5% divisional revenue)
- Recurring services model (>80%) with vast client and industry diversification over multi year contracts
03
Global & Wholesale Unified Communications
Revenue Model
- Direct-to-enterprise and white label services enabling global telco companies to provide global voice coverage:
- Services include Call termination, Telephone numbers (DIDs), SIP Trunking and Teams/Webex/Zoom calling services
- Employed by global carriers in overseas markets to broaden APAC & global coverage
- Telcos & Large enterprise pay CCG recurring services fees, with the fees determined by usage rates

commsgroup
global cloud communications
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Key Driver - Cyber Security
Comms & Collaboration and Secure Managed IT Services Divisions to service increasing demand for digital transformation and cyber crime prevention
Australian IT Security Consulting

Australia Cost of Cyber Crime

Source: IBIS World 2023
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Cyber Security
Only 32% of Australian businesses have a business continuity or cyber response plan in place
Top Five, Business Cyber Security Concerns

Business fallout from a cyber attack is significant, with customers losing access to essential services, and trust in their brand erodes.
Comms Group’s Secure Managed IT segment offers Security Essentials, an offering which is experiencing strong demand from Small/Medium business
Source: Cyber Security Index, The Resiliency Gap, Datacom 2026
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Competitors
Communications & Collaboration
- Market has several players ranging in size & speciality
- CCG brands renowned for service quality and technical expertise characterised by low churn and high levels of recurring revenues
- CCG market share of <5%
VONEX
always
Aussie
Broadband
tpg
TELECOM
Secure Managed IT Solutions
- Includes number of players ranging in size & speciality
- CCG brands renowned for service quality and technical expertise. Many longstanding clients within division
- CCG market share of <5%
atturra
FIRSTFOCUS
Spirit
Centorrino
Technologies
Global & Wholesale Unified Comms
- Limited competition and CCG's largest organic growth opportunity, with excellent relationships with existing Tier One client base
- Clients are mainly large corporates, increasing ARPC
- CCG market share of <5%
twillio
NTT
PureIP
Just voice.
COMMERCE IN
COMMERCE OF COMMERCE
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1H FY26 Key Highlights
Comms Group delivered strong organic revenue growth and EBITDA performance
- Total revenue $37.6m, an increase of +39% in 1H FY26
- Global & Wholesale division demonstrating strong organic revenue growth
- Services and recurring revenue maintained at >90% c.f. PCP
- Group Gross Margin maintained at circa 48%
- Underlying EBITDA of $4.5m – an increase of 87.3% compared to the prior period
- Significant increase in Global business EBITDA
- Group Underlying EBITDA margin increased +310bps to 12.0% vs 8.9% in 1H FY25
- Significantly for Comms Group, a positive NPBT of $0.8m versus NLBT $0.3m pcp
- Underlying NPATA increased to $1.8m vs $0.9m pcp, a ~100% increase
- New business contracts signed with customers saw continued strong new sales performance
- Total of $5.4m in new ARR¹ for 1H FY26 compared to total of $10.4m in new ARR in FY25
- TasmaNet integration continues to track to expectations and is in the final stages
- Interim dividend of 0.125c ($0.00125) per share (fully franked) declared
¹ Annual recurring revenue.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
1H FY26 Financial Highlights

Total Revenue¹
Up 39.2% on PCP to $37.6M
Maintain revenue guidance of +75M annualised run-rate this financial year

Gross Profit
Up 36.6% on PCP to $17.8M
Highest Gross Profit achieved since listing

Underlying EBITDA²
Up 87.3% on PCP to $4.5M
Highest Half Year EBITDA reported since listing

Underlying NPATA
Up ~100% on PCP to $1.8M
NPATA margin increased from 3.3% to 4.9% in 1H FY26

Underlying Operating Cashflow
Up 4% on PCP to $2.4M
Highest Underlying Operating cash result since listing
¹Includes TasmaNet consolidation from 16 June 2025.
²Underlying EBITDA excludes net interest, tax, non-cash share LTIP costs, rent, depreciation, amortisation, business acquisition, integration, restructuring and non-recurring costs.
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Group Revenue
Group Revenues continue to grow with a positive mix of organic growth and M&A related

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Revenue by Division
Diversifying our revenue streams with high-quality customer bases and strong portfolio of service offerings.
Communications & Collaboration
Includes $7.5M TasmaNet* contribution consolidated during 1H FY26.
Secure Managed IT Solutions
Strong Organic Revenue Growth of 16% in 1H FY26 attributable to new contract wins
Global & Wholesale Unified Comms
Very strong organic growth rate of 23% vs pcp. Significant new Global wins with Tier One S&P 500 Tech Client & Foreign Govt client

*Includes TasmaNet from completion 16 June 2025


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Revenue Composition
Attractive composition of revenue in 1H FY26 with high levels of recurring service & usage fees (> 90%)

- 1H FY26 proportion of recurring revenue remained >90%
- Global & Wholesale one off connection fees were only $0.2m highlighting the strength of the result
- Our Communications and Collaboration business saw the majority of revenue from services and usage fees
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Underlying EBITDA
On track to deliver EBITDA annualised run-rate of $9-$10M EBITDA in FY26

- After a period of OPEX investment in 1H FY25, significant improvement in 1H FY26 EBITDA achieved
- TasmaNet included in the Communications and Collaboration ($0.75M 1H FY26, July '25 settlement)
- Continue to scale corporate costs which decreased as a % of revenue to 4.5% in 1H FY26 vs 5.9% pcp
- Group remains in line with forecast to achieve annualised EBITDA target of between $9m to $10m
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE
FY26 YTD Operational Update
Strong YTD with continued positive momentum
TasmaNet integration and Synergy Release Program on track to be completed by June/July 2026.
- TasmaNet integration into Communications & Collaboration is on-track.
- Network and Other Synergies are approximately 50% to 60% complete.
Organic Growth – Strong new sales contracts signed YTD
- New ARR¹ of $7.7m signed in 9 mths with strong performance across all business units.
- Strong wins with a range of corporate and Government clients plus strong pipeline in all divisions.
- Strong revenue performance across the business with all divisions seeing organic revenue growth.
Domestic Network and Cloud Investment
- In line with the TasmaNet acquisition and the consolidation of our network and cloud assets across all business units, we are continuing to upgrade and synergise our Australian mainland network.
- Network component close to completion.
¹ Annual recurring revenue.
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New Sales Performance
Continued strong new business performance in 1H FY26 with $5.4m in new ARR¹ of sales contracts

- Continued strong levels of new sales performance continuing into 2nd half FY26.
- Communications and Collaboration division has strong year to date with particularly strong Q3 with key sales into larger corporate customers
- Global and Secure Managed IT Solutions seeing very strong level of new sales and strong sales pipeline in 2nd half to date
- As at May 2025, Global had an estimated ~$2M in ARR to be provisioned/billed with a further $67k in MRR at contracting stage.
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¹ Annual recurring revenue.
² Total Contract Value
³ Monthly recurring revenue
Global Network
- Asia Pacific licences & coverage 95% complete
- Select Europe & ROW licences in progress
- Differentiate with local telco licences in key markets enabling compliant PSTN replacement
- Expanding go-to-market channels, including new carrier partners
Licensed Markets
- Australia
- Singapore
- New Zealand
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- United States
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- 6 Additional European Markets

15 SuperPoP Locations
- Global Routing Network (GRN) with optimal route selection and active-active resiliency
- Connectivity to Microsoft and Cisco peering fabrics
- Geo-redundant & High-Availability
- Auto-scaling Cloud-first Architecture
- Supporting 65+ countries with local voice services
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GROWTH STRATEGY & OUTLOOK
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Growth Outlook
Targeting Revenue Growth, Margin Expansion and Acquisitions to Drive Earnings Improvement
Revenue Growth

Organic Growth Focus - Targeting +10% Organic Revenue Growth via Global and Secured Managed IT divisions.
Margin Expansion

Longer Term EBITDA Margin Target of +15% as the business scales corporate overhead costs.
Acquisitions

Acquisitions Using Disciplined Criteria. Targeting businesses priced between 3x-6x EV/EBITDA, deploying capital at high-returns on invested capital.
Strategy & Outlook
To become a leading cloud communications, collaboration and secure managed IT solutions provider across the Asia Pacific region
Strategy
- Strong focus on the corporate mid-market and Govt sectors domestically
- Cross-sell of secure managed IT solutions to wider 5,000+ customers
- Upsell existing strategic accounts to incl, additional products & services and geographical reach.
- Leverage significant Asia-Pacific footprint to provide additional services to MNCs operating across the region
Financial Outlook
- Annualised revenue expectation of $75m+
- Expect annualised EBITDA of $9m to $10m once TasmaNet fully transitioned & synergy program complete
- Increasing operating and free cash flow generation given capex-light business model
- Improving shareholder returns
- FY26 full year guidance to be provided in 4th quarter
Growth Opportunities
- Organic & inorganic opportunities to increase scale and add additional capabilities are being pursued
- Active M&A discussions ongoing
- Digital transformation of the business to implement some common Group-wide processes and systems and rationalise/combine duplicated networks with the goal of moving to a common platform and "One" business over time
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Q&A SESSION
APPENDICES
Financial Track Record
Expecting strong uplift with TasmaNet acquisition and integration

REVENUE HAS DEMONSTRATED ROBUST GROWTH SINCE FY20¹

ANNUALISED RUN-RATE EBITDA, INC. TASMANET CONSOLIDATION¹

ANNUALISED EBITDA MARGIN ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE¹ POST ACQUISITION

GROSS PROFIT GREW vs FY24, DEMONSTRATING RESILIENT RESULT

STRONG & CONSISTENT GROSS MARGIN ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS

OPERATING CASHFLOW TRENDING IN POSITIVE DIRECTION
¹ Forecast numbers incorporate 12-months TasmaNet integration
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Income Statement
| ASm | 1H FY25 | 1H FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Reported Revenue | 27.0 | 37.6 |
| (-) Cost of Sales | (14.0) | (19.8) |
| Gross Profit | 13.1 | 17.8 |
| Gross Margin (%) | 48.3% | 47.4% |
| (-) Operating Expenses | (10.7) | (13.3) |
| Underlying EBITDA | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| EBITDA Margin (%) | 8.9% | 12.0% |
| (-) Share based payments | (0.3) | (0.2) |
| (-) Acquisition, Restructuring & One Off | (0.7) | (0.9) |
| EBITDA | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| (-) Depreciation & Amortisation | (1.4) | (1.9) |
| EBIT | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Finance Charges | (0.3) | (0.6) |
| Net Profit/(Loss) Before Tax | (0.3) | 0.8 |
| (+) Non-operating income | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| (+) Amortisation of Intangibles | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| (+) Acquisition, Restructuring & One Off | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| (-) Tax Effect (30% applied) | (0.4) | (0.8) |
| Underlying NPATA | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Underlying NPATA Margin (%) | 3.3% | 4.9% |
1H FY26 growth driven by Global & Wholesale, Secure Managed IT and TasmaNet integration
- Revenue increased +39.2% to $37.6m vs $27.0m pcp.
- Gross Profit increased to $17.8m vs $13.1M, reflecting a +36.6% increase compared to pcp.
- Underlying EBITDA increased +87.3% to $4.5m vs $2.4M pcp, driven by exceptional growth in Global & Wholesale, strong performance in Secure Managed IT Services and contribution from TasmaNet.
- Group EBITDA margin increased to 12.0% vs 8.9% pcp, an increase of +310 bps.
- Underlying NPATA increased to $1.8m vs $0.9m pcp, a ~100% increase.
- NPATA Margin increased to 4.9% vs 3.3% pcp, due to accelerating organic growth, integration of M&A and operating leverage over corporate costs.
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Cashflow Overview
| $M | 1H FY25 | 1H FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Underlying operating cashflows | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Less: payment of business acquisition, restructuring, integration & other one-off expenses | (0.7) | (0.9) |
| Less: income tax paid | (0.1) | (0.3) |
| Less: rent payments (AASB-16) | (0.3) | (0.5) |
| Operating cashflow | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Less: Capex | (0.2) | (0.7) |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Less: net Interest paid | (0.4) | (0.1) |
| Less: business acquisition payments | - | (0.7) |
| Less: lease payments (non property) | - | (0.2) |
| Plus: proceeds from share issues | - | 0.5 |
| Less: dividends paid | (0.9) | (0.7) |
| Less: bank borrowings repaid | (0.6) | (0.3) |
| Cash Flow Movement | (0.9) | (1.5) |
| Opening cash | 3.6 | 5.5 |
| Closing cash | 2.7 | 4.0 |
Strong Underlying Operating Cashflow Performance
- Underlying operating cashflow of $2.4m vs $2.3m pcp, a strong result considering management focus on TasmaNet integration in 1H FY26 and investment in working capital.
- Free Cash Flow was lower due to capex (~$0.7m) in PP&E and intangible assets related predominantly to a large client network upgrade with customer upfront payments largely covering the capex received in 2H FY26.
- Some additional capex in 1H FY25 to support network and Cloud capacity upgrades as part of synergy program to reduce duplicated networks.
- Capex post FY26 expected to be low, with majority of product and technology development costs expensed.
- Investing activities included a deferred consideration payment of $0.65M for TasmaNet.
- Ending cash $4.0m vs $2.7m pcp, with ample reserves to fund organic growth.
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Balance Sheet
| ASm | Jun '25 | Dec '26 |
|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | ||
| Cash | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Receivables | 6.6 | 7.8 |
| Other | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Total Current Assets | 15.2 | 15.2 |
| Current Liabilities | ||
| Payables | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| Contract Liabilities | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Provisions | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Borrowings | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Lease Liabilities | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Deferred consideration | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Income Tax Payable | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 24.5 | 23.9 |
| Non-Current Assets | ||
| PP & E | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| Right of Use Assets | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Goodwill | 23.7 | 23.7 |
| Intangible Assets | 25.6 | 24.8 |
| Deferred Tax Assets | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 54.2 | 53.5 |
| Total Assets | 69.4 | 68.7 |
| Non-Current Liabilities | ||
| Provisions | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Deferred Tax Liability | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| Lease Liabilities | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Total Liabilities | 30.9 | 30.9 |
| Net Assets | 37.9 | 37.9 |
| Net Debt | 5.2 | 6.5 |
1H FY26 Financial Position remains strong
- Ending cash position was down to $4.0m, vs $5.5M in June '25, primarily due to business acquisition payments including deferred consideration and additional capex.
- Receivables balance increased $1.2m, to $7.8m vs $6.6m June '25.
- Payables increased +0.2m during 1H FY26.
- Borrowings slightly decreased to $10.5m vs $10.7m June '25 as payment made during the period.
- PP&E increased +$0.5m and Goodwill was maintained
- Intangible assets slightly lower at $24.8m vs $25.6m June '25, due to amortisation of intangible assets.
- Net Debt remained modest at $6.5m. Gearing anticipated to reduce in 2H FY26 as operating cashflow release from working capital investment.
- Gearing remains well within banking covenants with ample funding for working capital, organic capex requirements and further M&A.
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Capital Management Framework
Our capital management priorities
| 01 | Strong balance sheet supported by disciplined liquidity and risk controls | Ensure the business has sufficient liquidity to operate in all operating environments |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Reduce debt post the TasmaNet acquisition by internally generated cashflow | Reducing debt post TasmaNet remains a key management priority |
| 03 | Invest to maintain our competitive advantage | Continued investment in technology and service |
| 04 | Identify and pursue strategically relevant and accretive growth opportunities | Pursue M&A opportunities that are strategically aligned and value accretive for our shareholders |
| 05 | Dividend distributions to continue with capital to shareholders over the long term as the business scales | Continue dividends; consider other capital management options over the longer term |
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Products and services Update
Comms Group empowers businesses worldwide with a comprehensive, cutting-edge suite of communications and technology solutions across key market segments.

Communications and Collaboration
- Industry leader in Microsoft Teams Calling
- Full suite of Teams VAS inc. call recording, contact centre & analytics
- Modern cloud business phone/hosted Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
- Inbound 13/1300/1800 services
- 5G Mobile & Broadband
- Full range of broadband solutions including NBN, Fibre Ethernet, MPLS and Point-to-Point.
- Multi-Carrier diversity via our own national network plus Layer 3 offerings.
- SD-WAN and Secure Firewall Solutions
- Fixed Wireless Data/Internet¹
- Dark Fibre¹
- Advanced data services inc. MPLS
- IP Transit¹
- Fortinet SD-WAN and security centre of excellence¹
Secure Managed IT Solutions
- 24x7 IT Managed services (structured and productised offering)
- Modern Workplace solutions
- Provision of ICT hardware
- Security services inc. Fortinet
- Cloud based services (Azure, private cloud)
- Own our own Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Virtual Server cluster
- Desktop as a service
- Backup as a service
- Managed telephony & data services
- Govt-ready private cloud (IaaS) & backup and recovery solutions¹
- Data centre & Co-Location service offerings¹
Global & Wholesale Unified Comms
- Global Microsoft Teams & Cisco Webex calling solutions to enterprise.
- Focus on Global MNC's to enable VAS solutions including Contact Centre, Call Recording, Call Analytics, SMS Messaging
- White-label UCaaS and CPaaS solutions to global carriers and contact centres with fast-enablement and managed services
- SIP Trunking and Call Termination Services (CTS) across APAC and Europe
- Global DIDs in more than 65+ countries with geographic and toll-free options.
- 24x7 Global NOC and support
- Extensive Global Network with APAC focus
TasmaNet
1 New products added from the TasmaNet acquisition
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Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cloud Communications | The provision of key communications services from cloud servers based in data centres and over high speed internet connections. |
| Cloud PBX, Cloud Phone, Hosted PABX | A cloud PBX functions the same as an in office PABX but is hosted in a cloud server accessed via the internet. This is becoming the preferred option for providers and customers today. Comms Group operates a global Cloud Phone network. |
| Corporate mid-market | For Comms Group, this is larger organisations with typically 500+ employees and monthly spend (MRR) of typically > $5,000. |
| CPaaS | Communications Platform as a Service is a cloud-based platform that enables developers to add real-time communications features to their own applications without needing to build backend infrastructure and interfaces. Comms Group provides call termination (SIP Trunks), telephone numbers and management across multiple geographies. |
| CTS | Call Termination Services – provision of a service by wholesale service providers to terminate voice calls in different markets or countries and on to different networks such as mobile and fixed voice networks. |
| Data Service | A broadband service that delivers voice, video and data over a private network or the Internet. NBN and fibre optic services are the most common forms of data services in the SME and corporate mid-market. Comms Group operates a domestic Layer 2 (data) and Layer 3 (internet) network with key Points of Presence (PoPs) in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane and aggregates a range of layer 2 wholesale access services. |
| Enterprise | For Comms Group, this is organisations with typically > 1,000 employees and operating multi-nationally as an MNC. |
| Fibre (optic) | Use of fibre optic networks to carry digital signals (data) via light transmission at very high speeds, transforming the telco and cloud services market globally. |
| ICT | Information Communication Technology is an umbrella term that covers the wide range of IT services and Communications services provided to businesses. |
| MNC | Multi-national corporate whereby the corporation has offices, facilities and assets in multiple countries. |
| MRR | Monthly recurring revenue is the monthly recurring annuity style revenue received from customers. |
| NBN | Australia's national broadband network, which is a wholesale open access data network, replacing older copper and cable broadband with optic fibre networks, high speed switches and other technologies. |
| PABX | A typically in-house telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as the outside telephone network known as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). |
| SD-WAN | A software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) uses software-defined network technology, such as communicating over the Internet with encryption between an organisation's locations. Allow companies to build higher-performance WANs using lower-cost and commercially available Internet access. SD-WAN is replacing traditional data networks such as MPLS. |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol – being the standard IP telephony signalling protocol used to manage voice calls over the internet. |
| SME | For Comms Group, this is small to medium enterprise businesses typically up to 500 employees. |
| Unified Communications (UCaaS) | A communications delivery model based on the cloud, providing key communications services including telephony (voice), video, messaging, chat, collaboration, document storage supporting teamwork, agility, mobility and work from anywhere. Comms Group is a leading provider of MS Teams calling with a global network and offering. |

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