People Telecom is an Australian telecommunications company and subsidiary of M2 Group. It resells internet access and telephony services. It was founded in 2000 by Ryan O'Hare and Colin Marland. In 2004 People Telecom achieved stock market listing by doing a reverse takeover of Swiftel Ltd. People Telecom was listed in the 2005 Australian Deloitte Fast 50 list of growing companies. In August 2007, John Stanton took over as chief executive officer from founder Ryan O'Hare. People Telecom was acquired by M2 Group in December 2008.