Founded: Saise Communications was founded in 1998 in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Saise was an Australian owned business that op ... erated from 1998 - 2005 (under the name's Saise Communications, Saise Pty Ltd, Saise Telecom & Saise Data Network Group). Between 1998 to 2001, Saise grew dramatically, from a start-up to a medium sized business. In 2001, Saise annual turnover was approximately $18 Million with a head count of 74 full-time employees. Saise was a very successful telecom service provider & systems integration business. It was one of the first Australian mid-market service providers to offer both telecom and systems integration services. Saise clients included: Village Roadshow, Reading Cinemas, DigiCall, MondoPoint, SportsMedia, Realestate.com.au, Hocking Stuart Real Estate, Stockade & Leggo Real Estate & thousands more. Saise services included: Voice, Internet, DSL, Web-Hosting, Domain Services, VPN's, Network Intrusion Detection, Firewall management, VoDSL, xDSL, ISDN, Frame Relay, Dial-up, Network Consulting, Design & Implementation. Saise partnerships included: Telstra Wholesale, Optus Wholesale, RSL.com wholesale, MCI WorldCom, Request DSL/Powertel/AAPT, ONETel, Cisco, HP, Watchguard & others. The Early Days: 1998: Commenced in Canberra, ACT. Later that year, opening an office in Sydney, NSW. As an Agent selling Long Distance Voice services for corpTEL/AAPT, RSL.Com & Primus Telecom. 1999: Early in 1999, Jeff Marshall, brought in Matthew D'Astoli and other shareholders to form Saise Pty Ltd, which was registered with its Head Office in Burwood, Victoria. A Telecom billing relationship was established with 'Objectiveware' (which later became The Billing Bureau, which is owned by "billing guru" David Werdiger). Growth: Agency Business: Saise secured a number of major accounts for Primus Telecom. Service Provider (Long Distance Voice): Saise secured further wholesale supply relationships with Optus & OneTEL for Fixed Voice service. Consulting Services: Saise provided Telecommunications consulting services to Davnet (NTT Telecom) and Bob Jane Telecommunications. Saise opened an office in Melbourne CBD at 50 Queen Street in 1999. 2001: Telstra: In August 2001, they secured a wholesale agreement with Telstra, for the supply of voice, data & internet services. This agreement also included the "ground-breaking" and "industry - first" LOLO contract. This contract signed by Saise with Telstra, was the first LOLO contract signed by Telstra with any other telecommunications provider in Australia. This provided Saise with a significant industry advantage, now being able to provision voice services within only a few days, using Telstra's new online provisioning system. Request DSL wholesale agreement signed 2003: Negotiated the Telstra wholesale mobile contract. Australian Achiever Award to Customer Service. 2005: Saise merged with Access Providers (ASX listed). read more