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TC Communications

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Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary
Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to TC Communications.

Folio currently holds verified records covering government procurement, drawn from 1 official publisher. No verified records for parliamentary interests, political donations, and lobbying registrations are currently linked.

Evidence Overview

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Coverage Matrix

The complete official-record landscape considered by Folio. Empty domains are shown honestly — they never imply absence of activity, only that no record has been identified from currently ingested datasets.

  • Parliamentary Interests

    Interests declared on the Senate or House Register of Interests.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Parliament of Australia

  • Political Donations

    Gifts and donations disclosed to the AEC.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission

  • Government Procurement

    Contracts awarded to or by Australian Government agencies.

    Records available · 25 records

    Publisher: AusTender · Department of Finance

  • Government Grants

    Grants awarded by Australian Government agencies.

    Configured, not yet populated

    Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance

  • Lobbying Registrations

    Registered lobbying relationships between representatives and clients.

    No records currently linked

    Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department

  • Timeline

    Chronology of dated public-record events already linked to this profile.

    Records available · 69 records

    Publisher: Multiple government publishers

  • Relationship Network

    Connections established from official records, never from inference.

    Records available · 23 records

    Publisher: Derived from official records

  • Official Government Documents

    Every underlying document that supports this profile.

    Records available · 25 records

    Publisher: Original publishers

  • State & Territory Registers

    State and Territory interest and lobbyist registers.

    Dataset not yet enabled

    Publisher: State & Territory parliaments

  • Ministerial Diaries

    Ministerial diary disclosures published by portfolio departments.

    Dataset not yet enabled

    Publisher: Prime Minister & Cabinet

Investigation Opportunities

Available evidence you can drill into now, plus datasets that will contribute automatically once matching records are identified.

Currently available

Watching for

  • Parliamentary Interests

    Publisher: Parliament of Australia

  • Political Donations

    Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission

  • Government Grants

    Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance

  • Lobbying Registrations

    Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department

Additional evidence will appear automatically when matching records are identified. Absence of a record does not imply absence of activity.

Official Government Records
1 of 4 registers

This profile of TC Communications combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 11 Feb 2017
Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

TC Communications currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

First recorded 4 Mar 2008Latest activity 10y ago (11 Feb 2017)
Coverage Matrix

Dataset coverage

Present in 1 of 7 supported Australian transparency datasets.

DatasetPublisherRecordsFirstLatest
AEC Transparency Register
Australian Electoral Commission—Not presentNot present
AusTender Contract Notices (Commonwealth)
Department of Finance256 May 200825 June 2015
State & Territory Procurement
State/Territory procurement publishers—Not presentNot present
GrantConnect — Australian Government Grants
Department of Finance—Not presentNot present
Federal Lobbyist Register
Attorney-General's Department—Not presentNot present
House of Representatives Register of Interests
Parliament of Australia—Not presentNot present
Senate Register of Interests
Parliament of Australia—Not presentNot present

Datasets marked "Not present" have no matching records in the currently ingested public data. This does not imply the organisation is absent from that register — only that Folio's ingested snapshot contains no matching rows.

Connected Government

Agencies contracted with

4 agencies · $1,608,187 in total contract value across AusTender records.

AgencyContractsTotal valueLatest contract
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
3$1,211,0009 Aug 2013
Department of Defence
9$397,18721 May 2014
Defence Materiel Organisation
12$021 May 2014
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
1$025 June 2015

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth
Verified · Official publisher
Contracts
25
Amendments
0
Total value
$1,608,187
Largest
$1,211,000
Jurisdictions
1
Agencies
4
Standing Offers
0
Panels
0
Coverage
6 May 2008 – 25 June 2015
JurisdictionPublishedContractAgencyValueAmendmentSource
Commonwealth25 June 2015
<p>1423282 - Provision of Hardware and Carriage Services</p>
Department of Immigration and Border Protection——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth21 May 2014
<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth21 May 2014
<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p>
Department of Defence$13,200—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth25 Feb 2014
<p>Gemini 128</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth20 Dec 2013
<p>Fleet 55 Antenna</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth25 Sept 2013
<p>ANTENNA FOR BGAN EXPLORER</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth9 Aug 2013
1312600 - Provision of Communication Services
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth16 Apr 2013
<p>IRIDIUM SS9575 Phones to replace IRIDIUM 9505A phones.</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth21 Mar 2013
<p>EXPLORER BATTERIES REQUIRED TO REPLACE OLD INMARSAT BATTERIES.</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth26 Feb 2013
<p>SAILOR 500 REQUIRED TO USE AS A TESTING FACILITY. THIS IS CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.</p>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth26 July 2012
<P>091496 - Communication Services</P>
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2011
<P>Purchase of quantity 18 iridium Phones SS9505A</P>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2011
<P>Purchase of Two INMARSAT terminals TT3080A</P>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2011
<P>Purchase of INMARSAT terminals TT3080A quantity four.</P>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth15 July 2011
<P>Purchase&nbsp;of quantity seven iridium phones .</P>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth14 July 2011
<P>Purchase of QTY 20 SATELLITE IRIDIUM PHONES S9555. </P>
Defence Materiel Organisation——AusTender ↗
Commonwealth3 Nov 2010
091496 - Communication Services
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service$1,211,000—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 July 2010
AAML DNKG8K 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SA
Department of Defence$12,495—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 July 2010
AAML DNKHCD 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ;
Department of Defence$49,592—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 July 2010
AAML DNKA8U 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SA
Department of Defence$21,540—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 July 2010
AAML DNKCS9 007 ANTENNA ; 9505/9505A REPLACEMENT
Department of Defence$14,500—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 July 2010
AAML DNKA88 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ;
Department of Defence$169,320—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth12 Apr 2010
<p>Purchase of forty iridium phones.</p>
Department of Defence$70,800—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth22 May 2009
Purchase of new Satellite Phones.
Department of Defence$21,540—AusTender ↗
Commonwealth6 May 2008
VSAT TRAINING FOR ADF MEMBERS
Department of Defence$24,200—AusTender ↗
Government Grants

Australian Government grants received

Publisher: GrantConnect (Department of Finance) · Every record links back to grants.gov.au.

Official register
No official Australian Government grant records have been identified for TC Communications.

AEC transparency register

No official AEC transparency-register returns beyond simple donations reference this organisation. Filings would appear here as the annual disclosure archive is ingested.

Connected Political Activity

Donations, lobbying and parliamentary mentions

A combined view of how TC Communications appears across AEC donations, the Federal Lobbyist Register and parliamentary registers of interest.

No political donations, lobbying registrations or parliamentary interest mentions are currently on record for this organisation across the Australian datasets ingested by Folio.

Relationship Network

How does TC Communications connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

This profile currently connects to 0 verified entities across 1 official government publisher.

25

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

25 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

69 events

Relationship Network

23 verified relationships

Official sources

1

verified publisher

Relationships

23

verified relationships

Timeline

69

recorded events

Organisations

None linked

No linked organisations identified from current official records

People

None linked

No linked individuals identified from current official records

Latest activity

11 Aug 2026

Most recent public record

Key people mentioned

Top individuals linked through official public records, ranked by relationship strength.

No people have yet been linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Timeline

Chronology of every dated public record linked to TC Communications, grouped by dataset.

69 of 69 events
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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

25 contracts · $1,608,187
PublishedTitleAgencyValueSource
25 June 2015<p>1423282 - Provision of Hardware and Carriage Services</p>Department of Immigration and Border Protection—AusTender
21 May 2014<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
21 May 2014<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p>Department of Defence$13,200AusTender
25 Feb 2014<p>Gemini 128</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
20 Dec 2013<p>Fleet 55 Antenna</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
25 Sept 2013<p>ANTENNA FOR BGAN EXPLORER</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
9 Aug 20131312600 - Provision of Communication ServicesAustralian Customs and Border Protection Service—AusTender
16 Apr 2013<p>IRIDIUM SS9575 Phones to replace IRIDIUM 9505A phones.</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
21 Mar 2013<p>EXPLORER BATTERIES REQUIRED TO REPLACE OLD INMARSAT BATTERIES.</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
26 Feb 2013<p>SAILOR 500 REQUIRED TO USE AS A TESTING FACILITY. THIS IS CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.</p>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
26 July 2012<P>091496 - Communication Services</P>Australian Customs and Border Protection Service—AusTender
15 July 2011<P>Purchase of quantity 18 iridium Phones SS9505A</P>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
15 July 2011<P>Purchase of Two INMARSAT terminals TT3080A</P>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
15 July 2011<P>Purchase of INMARSAT terminals TT3080A quantity four.</P>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
15 July 2011<P>Purchase&nbsp;of quantity seven iridium phones .</P>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
14 July 2011<P>Purchase of QTY 20 SATELLITE IRIDIUM PHONES S9555. </P>Defence Materiel Organisation—AusTender
3 Nov 2010091496 - Communication ServicesAustralian Customs and Border Protection Service$1,211,000AusTender
6 July 2010AAML DNKG8K 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SADepartment of Defence$12,495AusTender
6 July 2010AAML DNKHCD 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ;Department of Defence$49,592AusTender
6 July 2010AAML DNKA8U 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SADepartment of Defence$21,540AusTender
6 July 2010AAML DNKCS9 007 ANTENNA ; 9505/9505A REPLACEMENTDepartment of Defence$14,500AusTender
6 July 2010AAML DNKA88 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ;Department of Defence$169,320AusTender
12 Apr 2010<p>Purchase of forty iridium phones.</p>Department of Defence$70,800AusTender
22 May 2009Purchase of new Satellite Phones.Department of Defence$21,540AusTender
6 May 2008VSAT TRAINING FOR ADF MEMBERSDepartment of Defence$24,200AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention TC Communications?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

TC Communications has 0 verified relationships across 0 official datasets.

Organisations

0

People

0

Agencies

0

Political parties

0

Contract links

0

Lobbyist links

0

Connected Organisations

Which organisations, agencies or parties appear alongside TC Communications on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No other organisations, agencies or parties are yet linked to this entity from currently ingested official records.

Connected People

Which people appear alongside TC Communications on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No people are yet linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Official Government Documents

Every document below is published by an Australian Government body and can be opened directly from its original source.

KindDatasetDateDescriptionVerify
contractAusTender — procurement25 June 2015<p>1423282 - Provision of Hardware and Carriage Services</p> — Department of Immigration and Border Protection ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement21 May 2014<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement21 May 2014<p>Explorer 500 Batteries.</p> — Department of Defence ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONS (AUD 13200)open source
contractAusTender — procurement25 Feb 2014<p>Gemini 128</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement20 Dec 2013<p>Fleet 55 Antenna</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement25 Sept 2013<p>ANTENNA FOR BGAN EXPLORER</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement9 Aug 20131312600 - Provision of Communication Services — Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement16 Apr 2013<p>IRIDIUM SS9575 Phones to replace IRIDIUM 9505A phones.</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement21 Mar 2013<p>EXPLORER BATTERIES REQUIRED TO REPLACE OLD INMARSAT BATTERIES.</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement26 Feb 2013<p>SAILOR 500 REQUIRED TO USE AS A TESTING FACILITY. THIS IS CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.</p> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONSopen source
contractAusTender — procurement26 July 2012<P>091496 - Communication Services</P> — Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2011<P>Purchase of INMARSAT terminals TT3080A quantity four.</P> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2011<P>Purchase&nbsp;of quantity seven iridium phones .</P> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2011<P>Purchase of quantity 18 iridium Phones SS9505A</P> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement15 July 2011<P>Purchase of Two INMARSAT terminals TT3080A</P> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement14 July 2011<P>Purchase of QTY 20 SATELLITE IRIDIUM PHONES S9555. </P> — Defence Materiel Organisation ↔ TC Communicationsopen source
contractAusTender — procurement3 Nov 2010091496 - Communication Services — Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ↔ TC Communications (AUD 1211000)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 July 2010AAML DNKA88 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ; — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 169320)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 July 2010AAML DNKCS9 007 ANTENNA ; 9505/9505A REPLACEMENT — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 14500)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 July 2010AAML DNKA8U 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SA — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 21540)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 July 2010AAML DNKG8K 001 TELEPHONE, NON-SECURE ; IRIDIUM,SA — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 12495)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 July 2010AAML DNKHCD 001 TERMINAL,SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ; — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 49592)open source
contractAusTender — procurement12 Apr 2010<p>Purchase of forty iridium phones.</p> — Department of Defence ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONS (AUD 70800)open source
contractAusTender — procurement22 May 2009Purchase of new Satellite Phones. — Department of Defence ↔ TC Communications (AUD 21540)open source
contractAusTender — procurement6 May 2008VSAT TRAINING FOR ADF MEMBERS — Department of Defence ↔ TC COMMUNICATIONS (AUD 24200)open source
Official sources

Parliamentary Register of Interests (House)

0 records

No records linked yet

Parliamentary Register of Interests (Senate)

0 records

No records linked yet

Federal Register of Lobbyists

0 records

No records linked yet

AEC Donations (Declared Gifts)

0 records

No records linked yet

AusTender (Government Contracts)

0 records

No records linked yet

Key information

Name

TC Communications

Type

Other

Jurisdiction

AU

Source datasets

1

Connected records

25

Timeline events

69

Contracts recorded

$1,608,187

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