Comms Group buys Next Telecom for $12M Comms Group buys Next Telecom for $12M Builds up Comms Group customer, product and service offerings Credit: Dreamstime Publicly listed business cloud communications provider Comms Group has purchased telecommunications service provider Next Telecom for up to $12 million. Next Telecom is based in Sydney and specialises in servicing medium sized businesses providing data services, including corporate fibre and National Broadband Network (NBN) products as well as cloud IP telephony, managed IT services, managed security and other telecommunications offerings. Comms Group CEO and managing director Peter McGrath said there was a strong rationale behind the acquisition as it provides a complementary customer base, and a good product and technology fit across voice, data and managed services.