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Telecommunication and Internet Services
for Australian Business and Government 
Helping Them to Go Green
& Improve Productivity

OAK Telecom is a fully Australian owned and managed business and provides telecommunications services all over Australia and around the world for Australian based businesses and government departments. The business is Professional and Customer Focussed. OAK Telecom's philosophy is to provide high quality services with fair pricing, leveraging the best products and services our partners have to offer with our own customer focus and excellence of service.  While assisting its clients to Go Green these days, OAK Telecom itself commenced its operations a few years ago with the Go Green approach.  It encourages its staff to work from their well equipped home offices when ever it is appropriate to do so.

In addition, OAK Telecom provides financial services as required for the telecommunications needs of businesses and government departments.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, OAK Telecom specialises in sales, marketing and consulting and is operated by principals Ing. Kelvin Lillingstone-Hall and a number of Professional Engineer / Communication Consultant / Executive colleagues, ex Telstra.

While providing a wide range of telecommunications services, OAK Telecom specialises in the provision of Broadband WAN networks, VoIP and IP Video to organisations with multiple sites including the homes of selected staff. We work mainly with businesses and government departments headquartered in the State of Victoria, but their offices and work sites linked though their private networks can be anywhere in Australia, or indeed worldwide. This enables us to provide comprehensive ongoing personal and helpful support to our clients. We are, however, happy to work with clients with their HQ anywhere in Australia as needs arise.

OAK Telecom provides you with expert overview consulting to help you assess the telecommunications needs of your business or government department free of charge. We then provide a detailed solution, bringing in expertise from our chosen business partner suppliers as needed, to provide you with an offer for the products and services required. We at OAK Telecom make our income from the sales and marketing margin normally allowed for by the suppliers of the services chosen by our clients. This enables our clients to make informed decisions quickly and with no consulting fees or extra charge on the service charges normally payable by going direct to a supplier. This approach also enables us to provide overview project management support for our customers, free of charge, to ensure the implementation and operation progress smoothly. We often use Web-based monitoring of network services to assist us with this aspect. Detailed consulting projects are also undertaken at fair hourly or project rates where of interest to our clients.

The principals are all professionals with long and distinguished careers in the telecommunications industry in Australia and internationally. Each has specialised in different areas, but all work as a team to present their strengths to our clients.

Ing. Kelvin Lillingstone-Hall, DipCommEng, ARMIT, FIEAust, CPEng
General Manager &
Chief Prof. Engineer

Kelvin is a Professional Engineer in Telecommunications who had his first career in Telstra for a period of 30 years dating from his graduation from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Communication Engineering. His experience in Telstra includes microwave system design, transmission planning, corporate planning, business planning, forward network planning and strategic planning for the future directions of Telstra's various networks.

Since 1994 Kelvin has continued to be involved in the fast moving IT&T industry in sales and marketing and in professional engineering consulting for medium to large corporations. He has also specialised in phone savings, internet savings and mobile savings plans for residential and business association groups. He keeps up with the latest developments in all facets of data, voice and video telecommunications.

Tim Herring, BSc (Hons), MBA, MSc (Econ)
Sales and Marketing Director

Tim has had a career in both engineering and marketing with Marconi, Motorola, Telstra and Inmarsat. Since 1997 he has been consulting in the implementation and marketing of telecommunications services, including broadband networking.

Ing. Jim Facey, Assoc Comm Eng (WAIT)
Account Executive &
Principal Prof. Engineer

Ing. Kerry Tonkin, BE(Elec), CCDA
Network Architect &
Account Executive

Kerry has extensive experience in a broad range of telecommunications and I.T. disciplines, with the skill set and knowledge to provide significant value in ICT projects and strategic analysis. He has over 30 years experience in the field, covering technical analysis and development, sales, business analysis, project management and product development.

His experience allows Kerry to provide specialist consultancy in the areas of strategic planning, voice and data networks, IP networks including VoIP, contact centres, satellite services, VPNs, and carrier based networks.

Kerry’s key competencies include:

  • The ability to deal in both big picture and detail for effective communication at all levels;
  • Consultancy skills providing identification of customer requirements and business needs, and their translation into innovative solutions and strategies;
  • Extensive knowledge of a broad range of technologies.

Apart from his technical expertise, Kerry enjoys a challenge and has been at the forefront of the introduction of many new technologies. He provides a practical, down to earth appraisal of new developments, and cuts through the hype to identify the real benefits to enable sensible strategic plans for the future.

In summary, Kerry has a wealth of experience in consultancy and the design and implementation of ICT networks and systems. His easy going manner and "people" orientation have been identified as making him an ideal team member including when working with his clients in medium to large businesses and government departments.

Ing. John Bewley, DipCommEng, ARMIT, FIEAust, CPEng
Account Executive &
Principal Prof. Engineer

Ing. Alan Mallows, Dip Elec Eng, CITA
Account Executive &
Sales Prof. Engineer

Alan has over 34 years experience as a Professional Engineer in the electronics communications industry. He started with the Department of Civil Aviation, developing aviation retransmission systems. He then went to Telstra where he engaged in a range of projects over a long career. These included:

  • Design & prototyping telephone exchange equipment
  • Installation & commissioning of radio relay systems
  • Planning of Engineering Construction programs
  • Major Commercial Projects, including Regional Television Aggregation
  • Product development, including Freecall 1800, Priority One3, Fax stream and Intelligent Networking
  • Project management

Alan later moved into sales technical support, and in this role he consulted on electronic communications matters to a wide range of clients, including:

  • Coles Myer
  • BHP
  • HP Invent
  • Sensis
  • Ericsson
  • Victorian State Government
  • Local Government
  • Harris Scarfe

Alan holds a Cisco Design Associate qualification and is widely experienced in IP networking products. He is a keen sailor and cyclist and enjoys repairing electronic equipment in his spare time.

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OAK Telecom
MISSION STATEMENT

Providing data, voice and video telecommunications carrier and conferencing solutions as well as related financial services solutions for the business and government department markets. Placing an emphasis on quality and economy. Working in alliance with quality carrier and service provider companies as good corporate citizens and with a high emphasis on customer service and relationships.

OAK Telecom's business partners and service providers include:

  • NEXTEP, NEC Aust
  • PowerTel Wholesale
  • Telstra Wholesale
  • Optus Wholesale
  • AAPT Wholesale
    • Uecomm
    • GComm
    • Clever Comms
    • Pacific Wireless
    • WiseInternet websites

      

    • Tiecom
    • OneNetwork
    • PABX Sales & Service
    • CNG Systems  

     

    OAK Telecom
    GUARANTEE

    We will guarantee you are satisfied with the services provided by OAK Telecom and we will do our utmost to make sure you are. We leverage the best support from the finest partners and package it to present it in the way our customers need it. We ensure our alliance partners provide service guarantees that are the best in the business (and many will stand by those guarantees financially).

    OAK Telecom
    Level 3, 179 Queen Street
    Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
    Australia

    Phone: +61 3 9600 0275
    Fax: +61 3 9602 5610
    Email: kelvinlh@oaktelecom.com
    ACN 006 640 151
    ABN 44 063 403 593

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