Part of a 3-part ownership series
This guide covers internet. See also which electricity retailers are Australian owned and who owns your gas retailer.
Internet and NBN provider ownership, checked September 2026
| Provider | Ownership | Parent / structure |
|---|---|---|
| Telstra | Australian | ASX-listed (TLS), no controlling shareholder |
| Aussie Broadband | Australian | ASX-listed (ABB), founder-led. Completed its acquisition of AGL's telco business in June 2026, and runs the wholesale network behind More and Tangerine |
| Superloop (incl. Exetel) | Australian | ASX-listed (SLC) |
| More and Tangerine | Australian | Privately held, with a 25% Commonwealth Bank stake since 2021 |
| Swoop Holdings | Australian | ASX-listed (SWP) |
| Vocus (Dodo, iPrimus, Commander) | Australian | Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super (both Australian), taken private 2021 |
| Kogan Internet | Australian | Kogan.com, ASX-listed (KGN), founder-led |
| SpinTel | Australian | Privately held, Adelaide founded |
| TPG Telecom (incl. iiNet, Internode, Westnet) | Mixed | ASX-listed, but roughly 25% held by Vodafone Group (UK) and roughly 25% by CK Hutchison (Hong Kong) since the 2020 merger |
| Optus | Foreign | Singtel, Singapore (still 100% owned by Singtel as at October 2026. A proposed sale of a minority stake of more than 30% to New Zealand infrastructure investor Morrison & Co was in exclusive talks from July 2026, but had lost momentum by August 2026 as Morrison turned its attention to an Ausgrid asset instead, with no transaction confirmed. The ACMA's Federal Court action against Optus Mobile over the September 2025 Triple Zero outage, filed in July 2026 alleging over 1,000 breaches of emergency call obligations, remains before the court) |
Ownership checked against ASX filings, company investor pages and reporting current to September 2026.
Our take: an ASX listing isn't the same as Australian control
TPG Telecom is ASX-listed, which makes it easy to assume it's Australian controlled. But roughly half its shares sit with Vodafone Group (UK) and CK Hutchison (Hong Kong) since the 2020 Vodafone-TPG merger, and that ownership sits behind the iiNet, Internode and Westnet brands too, not just the TPG name. Being listed in Australia and being controlled from Australia are two different questions.
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