AAPT Snapshot
AAPT is Australia's #3 telecom (after Telstra and SingTel Optus). A Telecom New Zealand subsidiary, the company provides consumer and business customers with local, national, and international long-distance voice, data communications, and Internet services. The company also offers wireless service, but only as part of a bundle. AAPT's backbone network combines land and undersea cable and satellite links with fiber-optic rings located in the country's business centers. Business clients come from such industries as finance, technology, and the public sector. Top customers have included Cisco Systems and the government of New South Wales.