Family-Owned & Operated for More Than 40 Years.

When you partner with Comtel, you can trust you’re dealing with local technicians, all trained in-house, who provide quality consultation, excellence in systems knowledge, a range of brands, and an understanding of local businesses.

No matter the size of your business, Comtel is committed to finding the right-sized solution for you.

After deployment, Comtel can continue to support you with local and qualified technicians who can be on-site to help you, with critical spare parts, within 2 hours.


Comtel’s History

1982

Derm Guerin & Leith Tebbit start GT Communications (Guerin & Tebbit Communications), to provide communications systems to the Darling Downs and Western Downs.

1982

Founder, Derm, testing GT (Guerin & Tebbit Communications) radio coverage from a service vehicle.

1983

GT Communications launches Wide Area UHF Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley, allowing you to talk from Dalby to Gatton in the car.

1984

First generation GARDA Dog deterrent designed and deployed for Paroo Shire Council. 

1985

GT Communications rebrands as Comtel in Toowoomba.

1986

Australian Federal Government deregulates the supply of telephony equipment and Comtel becomes Telecom's (Telstra) first local competitor.

1986

Comtel supplies first non-Telecom PABX, after industry deregulation, to McLean Farms at Pittsworth.

1987

First mobile phone deployments on the Telecom 017 network in Toowoomba.

1990

Comtel, an early adopter for solar technology, setting up site infrastructure to increase radio coverage of remote emergency services in South West Queensland.

1991

Comtel expands reach, opening our Brisbane branch as Philcomm to specialise in radio and fleet communications in a joint venture with Telecoast Communications.

1993

Comel expands its reach, opening an office at Gailes East of Ipswich as our agreements procluded us from trading in Brisbane, so we set up on the boarder.

1994

Leasing the top of Waterfront Place building in Eagle St, Brisbane to extend the wide area network to provide extended coverage around Brisbane.

1994

Comtel becomes a Siemens partner (now Unify).

1995

Comtel becomes a Optus Mobile Satellite Dealer.

1995

Comtel wins Phillips Group Dealer Of The Year.

1996

Comtel acquires Com Site Rentals (QLD) and Trunked Wide Area Radio Network covering South East Queensland.

1998

Comtel installs the first private microwave link to Toowoomba City Council joining Administration to the Works Department. 

1999

Comtel becomes a Telstra Premium FixedNet Dealer - one of the few dealers nationwide selling the whole suite of Telstra products.

1999

Comtel deploys 5000 Users across Ipswich and West Moreton Regional Health's seven 7 Sites on Siemens HiCom 300 Network

2000

Mt Kynoch tower is upgraded from 30m tower to a taller & stronger 40m tower, allowing for more more microwave dishes, providing extended services to the wider Toowoomba region.

2000

Comtel purchases Siemens Enterprise Communications service agreements in Queensland and employees 4 staff.

2000

Comtel, an early adopter of Australian-invented wifi, deploys our first 802.11 WiFi 0 links, joining buildings together. 

2001

First national VoIP deployment over ISDN. The system reduced costs and allowed a lot more capacity.

2002

Comtel deploys HiPath 4000 system to the  Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.

2003

Comtel moves from Gordon Ave to a larger warehouse/ office in Ann St, Toowoomba, to accommodate the growing team.

2004

Comtel part takes in an international project (Philippines), North Luzon Expressway for Leighton Construction funded by the World Bank to link eight sites with hundreds of kilometres of fibre.

2003

Comtel upgrades over 2000 users of the University of Southern Queensland to Siemens HiPath DX V9, saving tens of thousands of dollars in replacement costs. 

2005

Comtel deploys its first controller-based multi access point WiFi.

2006

Comtel installs phone system for Brisbane State High School.

2006

For utilising their tech in novel ways, Comtel wins Siemens Australian Dealer of the Year. 

2007

Comtel acquires Tebbits Communications in Dalby, expanding service area to Western Queensland, and putting the GT Communications band back together.

2007

Comtel deploys HiPath 5000 to the Queensland Department of Education School for 400 teachers of Distance Education.

2008

Comtel introducing SIP Trunking (internet phone lines) to Queensland clients, reducing costs by 60%.

2014

Comtel partners with Wagner Airport Corporation for radio communications and air services at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport (WTB), Australia's first international airport in over 40 years. 

2015

Comtel acquires Telecoast Communications on the Gold Coast, expanding serviced area to Northern New South Wales.

2017

Comtel deploys DMR Tier 3 Wide Area Network over 13 sites covering South East Queensland, supporting 3000 users.

2018

Comtel partners with the 2018 Commonwealth Games to deploy 800 Vehicle Radios with zero faults across the Games.

2019

Comtel wins Unify Australian Dealer Of The Year

2019

On behalf of a client, Comtel deploys Unify OpenScape Voice for 250 site customer across Australia. 

2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Comtel launched Private Cloud Telephony solution powered by Unify OpenScape Voice.

2020

Comtel’s pilot on staff expands our rural client support, including upgrades to the HF radios for Parks and Wildlife Service at Currawinya National Park.

2021

In support of the Brisbane City Council bus project, Comtel deploys a wide area dark fibre network to connect all the broadcast radio sites with fibre in the ground for private and secure broadcast two-way radio communication channels. 

2021

Comtel deploys 500 Avigilon CCTV 500 Camera in global project across Australia, USA and Asia. 

2023

Comtel’s Mt Kynoch tower today, part of our tower network providing coverage from Millmerran to Brisbane, up to Gympie and down to the Tweed.


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