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| Type | Subsidiary of SP Telemedia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 as Total Peripherals Group |
| Headquarters |  Sydney, Australia |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Services | Internet service provider Online Television Mobile Phone |
| Parent | SP Telemedia |
| Website | tpg.com.au |
Total Peripherals Group (commonly known as TPG) is an Australian ISP and IT company. It is a subsidiary of SP Telemedia. Over the past 18 years, TPG claims to have grown to become one of the top 10 Internet Service Providers in Australia (see Broadband Internet Access, Australia), and has recently started to build their own ADSL2+ broadband network around Australia. TPG also sells mobile phone services as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator on the Optus mobile network.
TPG provide five ranges of products and services including internet access, networking, OEM services, mobile phone service and accounting software.
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Divisions
TPG Internet
TPG Internet sells many internet services such as dialup, ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2 (In testing phase) and SHDSL broadband access, email services, website & domain name hosting, IPTV, VOIP solutions and virtual phone cards.
IPTV
After a limited beta, TPG officially launched IPTV service on June 12, 2007. [1]. IPTV is available to all ADSL2+ customers on supported exchanges. [2]
In the Sydney area, Free To Air Broadcasters are also made available. These are as follows:
It is not currently known when broadcasters from other licence areas will be provided on this service, or if the service currently available in Sydney will remain broadcasting.
The initial national channel line-up is as follows: [3]
- Net 25
- DW-TV
- Bloomberg Television
- Al Jazeera English
- TV5MONDE
- Eurosport
- Eurosport News
- Phoenix Infonews
- SCTV
- Channel NewsAsia
- Russia Today TV
- TRT International
- Playboy Channel
- Adult 2
The current channels, predominately news-oriented, are all free. Subscription-based channels are expected in the future.
TPG Networks
TPG Network provides the following corporate products and services [1]:
Network Monitoring and maintenance being handled by the following personnel.
- WAN services.
- VPNs.
- IP PABXs (VoIP) to small and medium size businesses.Being run and managed by Reyann Joson Surio.
- SHDSL.
- MPLSVPN.
- Metro Ethernet. (Fibre)
- EFM (Ethernet in the first mile).
- Dedicated Co-lo Server Hosting.
- Remote network management.
TPG Systems
TPG Systems was an OEM of PCs laptops and servers. This division of the company ceased trading in early 2004.
TPG Software
TPG Software, trading as Catsoft, makes and sells accounting software to businesses.
TPG Boomerang TV
TPG Boomerang TV is a now defunct subscription television service that operated using PAS 8.
Channel Lineup
TPG Mobile
TPG Mobile acts as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator for the Optus network since August, 2008.
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