Vicom

What Vicom does

Vicom is a privately held Australian value-added distributor and solution provider of test and measurement equipment, founded in 1975 and operating through Vicom Australia Pty Ltd and Vicom New Zealand Ltd. The company holds authorized distribution rights for tier-1 manufacturers including Tektronix, VIAVI, Safran, and Keithley, and supplies a broad portfolio spanning oscilloscopes and probes, RF and radio communications, position/navigation/timing, avionics test, spectrum analysis and geolocation, optical fibre and network deployment, sources and supplies, precision meters, network assurance, lab and manufacturing wireless test, signal generators, audio/acoustic test, electrical compliance, and probing solutions. Vicom complements equipment sales with calibration, repair (RMA), training, and a Technical Assistance Center, positioning itself as a full-lifecycle partner rather than a transactional reseller.

Vicom's go-to-market is enterprise field sales, delivered through regional offices and warehouses in Oakleigh South (Melbourne), Bella Vista (Sydney), and Grafton (Auckland), with the website offering quote requests, demo scheduling, and expert contact options. The company serves a diversified mix of named enterprise and government customers including Telstra, Optus, the Australian Department of Defence, Airbus, Boeing, Qantas, BHP, Rio Tinto, and the University of Sydney and Melbourne, spanning telecommunications, defence, aerospace, resources, and education. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the business operates a B2B quote-based model consistent with specialized capital equipment distribution. Recent strategic emphasis has been on extending the portfolio into software-defined domains — notably VIAVI TeraVM and TM500 for 5G/Open RAN and Post-Quantum Cryptography testing, and NITRO AIOps for AI-driven network assurance — alongside three new product introductions in 2025 (7 Series DPO oscilloscope, MP5000 modular test system, AVX-10K flight line test set). No revenue, headcount, funding, or M&A data is disclosed in the available sources.

Name

Vicom

Legal name

Vicom Australia Pty Ltd / Vicom New Zealand Ltd

Website

https://vicom.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vicom is a privately held Australian value-added distributor of test and measurement equipment, founded in 1975, authorized by Tektronix, VIAVI, Safran, and Keithley to supply enterprise and government customers across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Test and Measurement Equipment Distribution

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Avionics Test, Simulation & Calibration Equipment (IMABAFAN)

Keywords

• Test measurement equipment
• RF radio communications
• Avionics testing solutions
• Oscilloscope distribution
• Network testing platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakleigh South

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Test & Measurement Equipment Sales: Vicom generates revenue primarily through the sale of test and measurement equipment from major manufacturers including Tektronix, VIAVI, Safran, and Keithley. Products include oscilloscopes, RF test equipment, avionics test sets, GNSS simulators, network testers, and precision power supplies. Revenue is generated through direct sales to enterprise customers across Australia and New Zealand.
2. Technical Support and Calibration Services: Vicom provides value-added services including calibration, technical support, training, and customer care services to complement their equipment sales. These services maximize value of customer investments and provide ongoing revenue opportunities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vicom is a value-added distributor and solution provider of test and measurement equipment, reselling and integrating products from major manufacturers including Tektronix, VIAVI, Safran, and Keithley. Its core offering spans oscilloscopes and probes, RF and radio communications test sets, position/navigation/timing solutions, avionics flight-line test sets, spectrum and vector network analysis, optical fibre and network deployment equipment, precision sources and meters, and lab/manufacturing wireless test platforms such as TeraVM and TM500. Vicom complements equipment sales with value-added services including calibration, technical support, training, and a Technical Assistance Center for customers across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region.

Product overview

Vicom is a distributor and integrator of test and measurement equipment operating since 1975, offering a comprehensive portfolio spanning multiple product categories: Oscilloscopes & Probes (Tektronix), RF Radio Communications (VIAVI), Position Navigation & Timing (Safran), Avionics, Spectrum Analysis & Geolocation, RF General, Optical Fibre & Network Deployment, Sources & Supplies (Tektronix/Keithley/EA), Meters (Keithley), Network Assurance (NITRO AIOps), Lab & Manufacturing Wireless (VIAVI TeraVM and TM500), Signal Generators, Audio & Acoustic Testing, Electrical Compliance Testing, and Probing Solutions. The company provides a broad range of products and solutions across General Electronics, RF & Microwave, Optical & Data Networks, Defence, Telecoms Test, Avionics, Radiocomms, Broadcast, and Research & Development sectors. In addition to equipment distribution, Vicom offers training, calibration, repair, and technical support services. New product introductions include the 7 Series DPO Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, MP5000 Series Modular Precision Test System, and AVX-10K Flight Line Test Set.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Oscilloscopes & Probes Tektronix oscilloscopes and probes for visualising and measuring electrical signals (voltage, current, frequency) across R&D, manufacturing, and education, including digital storage, mixed signal, mixed domain, performance real-time, and sampling oscilloscopes.
• RF – Radio Communications Test Equipment VIAVI radio test sets, cable and antenna analysers/testers, and antenna alignment and monitoring tools covering HF to 2.7 GHz for public safety, defence, transport, and utilities customers.
• Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) Equipment Safran-sourced precision timing, navigation, and positioning equipment including NTP time servers, GPS master clocks, GNSS/GPS simulators, interference detection and mitigation systems, and PNT antennas and accessories for defence and commercial applications.
• Avionics Test Equipment Comprehensive avionics test solutions for commercial, private, and military aviation including fuel quantity testers, flight-line test sets, air data test sets, military avionics, radio altimeters, antenna couplers, modular instruments, and antenna and cable testing equipment.
• Spectrum, Geolocation & Vector Network Analysis Equipment Spectrum analysers, coverage mapping tools, RF sensors (CRFS), vector network analysers, and Omicron Lab accessories for signal analysis across RF and microwave frequencies.
• RF General Test Equipment General RF test equipment including PIM testers, wattmeters, RF power sensors, coaxial terminations, digital air loads, remote monitoring, transmitter combiners, filters/duplexers, TMA/TTA, receive multi couplers, and racking solutions for telecommunications and broadcast infrastructure.
• Optical Fibre & Network Deployment Test Equipment Fibre optic and data network testing solutions spanning FTTx architecture, OTDR testing, PON testing, BERT, Ethernet test, fibre characterisation, optical power meters, OSA, MPO testing, DOCSIS test, HFC test, and remote fibre test and monitoring.
• Sources & Supplies Test Equipment Power sources and supplies including Tektronix/Keithley source measure units, DC power supplies, DC electronic loads, DC bidirectional power supplies, EA Elektro-Automatik programmable power supplies, battery testers and simulators, and precision test systems.
• Precision Meters Keithley digital multimeters and low-level sensitive instruments including 5.5 to 8.5 digit benchtop DMMs, electrometers, picoammeters, nanovoltmeters, and ultra-low resistance configurations for precision measurement in R&D, manufacturing, and calibration labs.
• Network Assurance Solutions Network assurance solutions including NITRO AIOps for AI-driven network monitoring and anomaly detection, and Fusion JMEP for Ethernet assurance, covering wired and wireless network infrastructure monitoring.
• Lab & Manufacturing Wireless Test Equipment VIAVI wireless lab and manufacturing test solutions including TeraVM (application emulation and security testing), TM500 network tester (5G/4G base station testing), TM500 Cloud, TeraVM Core Emulator, TeraVM Core Test, TeraVM O-CU Tester, TM500 O-RU Tester, TM500 O-DU Tester, TeraVM AI RSG, TeraVM Security, and Test as a Service (TaaS).
• Signal Generators Signal generation equipment including arbitrary function generators and arbitrary waveform generators for stimulus-response testing in electronics design, manufacturing, and research.
• Audio & Acoustic Testing Equipment Audio testing equipment including audio analysers and software-based audio analysers for testing audio quality across consumer electronics, automotive, and telecommunications applications.
• Electrical Compliance Testing Equipment Electrical safety compliance testing equipment including electrical safety compliance analysers, hipot testers, ground bond testers, AC power sources, leakage current testers, multiplexers, and accessories for product safety certification.
• Probing Solutions Semiconductor probing equipment including probe stations, micropositioners, tip holders, probing tips, RF high frequency probes, high impedance probes, four point probes, hot chuck systems, and connectors/adaptors/cables for chip-level testing.
• TeraVM Application Emulation & Security Platform VIAVI TeraVM is a 100% virtual application emulation and security performance platform that scales from 1 Gbps to 1 Tbps, supporting deployment on hypervisors (ESXi, KVM), major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle OCI), and containerization. It provides cybersecurity threat emulation, secure access firewall/VPN testing, wireless RAN and core emulation, and Post-Quantum Cryptography testing.
• TM500 Network Tester VIAVI TM500 is a comprehensive wireless network testing platform supporting 4G/5G and Open RAN across the entire protocol stack from physical layer to NAS and application layers. It emulates thousands of mobile devices, supports FR1 and FR2, carrier aggregation, MU-MIMO, and Open RAN subcomponent testing.
• NITRO AIOps NITRO AIOps is an AI-driven network assurance platform that uses artificial intelligence to detect anomalies, predict failures, and provide proactive network insights across wired and wireless infrastructure.
• Training, Calibration & Technical Support Services Vicom provides technical education, product training, blended learning, customer care with RMA for repair and calibration, and a Technical Assistance Center to support customers throughout the lifecycle of test equipment investments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years of industry experience providing test and measurement solutions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• VIAVI SolutionscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVicom is VIAVI's authorized partner in Australia and New Zealand. They distribute VIAVI's complete portfolio of radio test sets, communications service monitors, cable and antenna testers, GNSS simulators, and network testing solutions including CX100, CX150, CX200, CX300, CX700, 8800SX, OSPREY, GPSG-1000, and TeraVM/TM500 wireless test platforms.
• TektronixcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVicom distributes Tektronix oscilloscopes, high-speed digitisers, probes, power supplies, and signal generators. Product lines include the 7 Series DPO, 5 Series MSO, 6 Series B MSO, DPO70000SX, and TBS series oscilloscopes.
• Safran (Navigation & Timing)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVicom distributes Safran's secure timing solutions and GNSS simulators including SecureSync Time Server, NetClock Master Clock, VersaSync GPS master clock, VersaPNT, Skydel simulation software, GSG-7, GSG-8, and BroadSim GNSS simulators.
• Keithley Instruments (Tektronix subsidiary)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVicom distributes Keithley precision measurement instruments including digital multimeters (DMM6500, DMM7510), electrometers, picoammeters, nanovoltmeters, source measure units, and battery testing/simulation equipment.
• Rohde & SchwarzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for TM500 O-RU Tester. Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI collaborated to provide comprehensive capabilities for conformance, interoperability, and performance testing of O-RAN components. The TM500 O-RU Tester generates real-time O-RAN messaging for IQ data streams and supports validation across various vendor O-RUs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Metromatics: Australia-based value-added distributor of test and measurement, instrumentation, and data acquisition equipment. Direct peer to Vicom in geography, customer profile, and product categories (oscilloscopes, data acquisition, industrial T&M).

Broad incumbents

• element14 (Farnell): Global electronics distributor carrying test & measurement, semiconductors, and components. Comparable to Vicom in T&M catalog distribution but at vastly greater scale and broader component focus, and not regionally dedicated to ANZ.
• RS Components (RS Americas / RS Pro): Global electronics and industrial product distributor with a substantial ANZ presence. Overlaps with Vicom in T&M instruments and supplies, but competes as a broad-line catalogue distributor rather than a high-touch OEM-authorized specialist.
• Mouser Electronics: Global authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components that also carries test & measurement lines. Comparable to Vicom as an authorized distributor model, but at much larger scale and broader component mix.
• Digi-Key Electronics: Large global authorized distributor of electronic components and test instruments. Overlaps with Vicom in T&M distribution, but operates a high-volume catalogue model versus Vicom's field-sales-led specialist approach.
• Keysight Technologies: Global manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, wireless test). An indirect upstream incumbent — Ke12ysight's own direct sales channels compete with Vicom's distribution of multiple OEMs across the same end markets.
• Rohde & Schwarz: Global T&M manufacturer with strengths in RF, wireless, and aerospace/defence test (and a co-development partner with VIAVI on TM500 O-RU). Comparable to Vicom as a vendor of overlapping categories, but operates as a manufacturer-principal rather than a regional distributor.
• Tektronix: Major T&M manufacturer and Vicom's principal OEM partner. Comparable as a vendor across oscilloscopes, probes, and signal sources, but operates its own direct-sales channels that overlap with Vicom's regional distribution territory.

Others

• Transcat: US-based provider of calibration services and test & measurement distribution. Comparable to Vicom's calibration/technical-support services revenue stream, though operating in a different geography and not a direct competitor for ANZ customers.
• Trescal: Global calibration and asset-management services company. Comparable to Vicom's calibration and RMA/support services line, but Trescal is a services specialist rather than a distributor of new OEM test equipment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@vicom_ANZ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vicom-australia
• Xx.com/Vicom_ANZ

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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