Abstract
Executive Summary
Fixed services
Telstra maintains its stranglehold on the wholesale market with revenues of
just under $3 billion in 2007, which constituted just over 70% of the $4.2
billion wholesale market. The total 2nd tier market (including wholesale
revenues) grew at around 8% in 2007 to $9.2 billion and we expect that the
growth rate will drop slightly to around 6% in 2008 and then maintain this
level moving into 2009. Growth is expected to subside over the next two years
as Telstra is forced to begin a period of transformation and rationalisation
that has already been evident in many European countries. Overall telecoms
market growth is expected to drop to 4.1% by 2008 and 3.4% by 2009.
Fibre networks will significantly increase the quality and capacity of the
infrastructure. They will allow sectors such healthcare, education and energy
to utilise these networks for the delivery of high quality home services, such
as video nursing services to monitor elderly people and hospital patients who
have been discharged early from hospital.
Eventually the fibre network will be extended to homes and businesses, but in
most situations this can be done on a demand basis. However, there is room for
competition here and we have seen some cities and communities taking a
leadership role. But for the time being most FttH projects are in new housing
developments rather than in brownfield markets.
By 2015, the telecoms industry will grow from $34 billion to $72 billion.
Increasingly new revenues will flow into the industry as companies continue to
explore and develop the digital media opportunities that are becoming
available over IP-based next generation telecommunications equipment, which
will be carried over the expanding fibre networks.
This report provides tables only for the Australian telecoms industry and are
extracted from the source reports as listed here. The tables relating to
specific companies cover both fixed-line and mobile/wireless operations.
View Cart
