New Zealand - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Description

New Zealand to benefit from Google's Topaz subsea cable

New Zealand's telecom market continues to be buttressed by the mobile broadband and fibre sectors. Almost a quarter of fixed broadband subscribers now take a gigabit service, which is testament to the robust nature of the supporting infrastructure.

This infrastructure has been buttressed by the country's excellent subsea cable connectivity, which includes the Tasman Global Access Cable linking Auckland and Sydney (providing an alternative path for traffic carried by the Tasman-2 and Southern Cross cables). The company SCCN has also initiated work on the Southern Cross NEXT cable, running between Sydney, Auckland, and Los Angeles. The 12,250km system is scheduled for completion by mid-2022, and has a design capacity of 72Tb/s.

In mid-2018 the cable developer Hawaiki completed its cable linking Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii to the US west coast at Oregon. More recently, Google has started laying the 240Tb/s Topaz cable, which will link Canada (at Vancouver) with Honolulu, Sydney, and Auckland. In addition, the Chilean company Desarrollo Pais in January 2022 contracted H2 to build the 14,810km Humboldt cable connecting Valparaiso (Chile) to Auckland and Sydney. This cable is expected to be lit in early 2025.

1 Key statistics

2 Telecommunications market

2.1 Market analysis

3 Regulatory environment

3.1 Fixed-line developments
3.2 Mobile network developments

4 Mobile market

4.1 Mobile statistics
4.2 Mobile infrastructure
4.3 Major mobile operators
4.4 Mobile content and applications

5 Fixed-line broadband market

5.1 Introduction and statistical overview
5.2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
5.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
5.4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
5.5 Other fixed broadband services

6 Digital economy

6.1 Market overview
6.2 E-commerce and M-commerce
6.3 E-health
6.4 E-learning
6.5 E-government

7 Fixed network operators

7.1 Spark
7.2 Vocus

8 Telecommunications infrastructure

8.1 Overview of the national telecom network
8.2 UFB
8.3 Wholesale fibre
8.4 Spark Joint Venture with Electra Group
8.5 Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI)
8.6 International infrastructure
8.7 Smart infrastructure

9 Appendix Historic data

10 Glossary of abbreviations

11 Related reports

Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities New Zealand 2022 (e)
Table 2 Development of telecom sector revenue 2012 2021
Table 3 Development of telecom investment by sector (NZ$ million) 2012 2021
Table 4 Change in the number of subscribers by sector (million) 2012 2021
Table 5 Annual cost of TDL 2012 2021
Table 6 Development of mobile market revenue 2012 2021
Table 7 Change in mobile voice traffic 2012 2021
Table 8 Mobile voice traffic use per connection 2012 2021
Table 9 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 10 Market share of mobile subscribers per operator 2012 2021
Table 11 Annual change in mobile subscribers per major operator 2012 2020
Table 12 Decline of SMS traffic 2012 2021
Table 13 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 14 Mobile data use per connection 2012 2021
Table 15 Development of Spark's mobile service revenue 2012 2022
Table 16 Development of Spark's capex (NZ$ million) 2012 2022
Table 17 Growth in the number of Spark's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Table 18 Development of Spark Mobile's ARPU (NZ$ / month) 2012 2021
Table 19 Change in the proportion of Spark's prepaid and postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Table 20 Change in the number of Vodafone's mobile subscribers 2012 2019
Table 21 Development of Vodafone New Zealand's financial data (NZ$ million) 2012 2022
Table 22 Development of Vodafone New Zealand's revenue by type (NZ$ million) 2020 2022
Table 23 Change in Vodafone New Zealand's cash investment 2015 2022
Table 24 Growth in the number of 2degrees' mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Table 25 Change in the proportion of 2degrees prepaid and postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Table 26 2degrees key financial data (US$ million) 2017 2021
Table 27 Vocus mobile subscribers 2017 2021
Table 28 Change in fixed-broadband penetration by access platform (OECD data) 2012 2021
Table 29 Change in the number of fixed-broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Table 30 Decline in the number of dial-up internet subscribers 2012 2018
Table 31 Growth in average data consumption per month 2012 2021
Table 32 DSL, cable, and fibre broadband subscribers (thousand) 2012 2021
Table 33 Change in the market share of broadband connections by technology 2012 2021
Table 34 Change in fixed-line broadband market share by operator 2015 2021
Table 35 Change in the proportion of broadband subscriptions by data rate 2012 2018
Table 36 Change in the number of fixed-broadband connections by data cap (per month) (thousand) 2012 2018
Table 37 Change in the proportion of fixed-broadband connections by data cap (per month) 2012 2018
Table 38 Change in the market share of internet subscribers by residential/business segment 2012 2018
Table 39 Change in the number of Vodafone NZ's fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2019
Table 40 Change in the number of Vocus broadband subscribers 2016 2021
Table 41 Change in the number of Spark's broadband subscribers by platform (thousand) 2014 2021
Table 42 Development of Spark's broadband revenue 2012 2022
Table 43 Increase in the number of UFB fibre subscribers 2012 2021
Table 44 Development of Spark's financial data (NZ$ million) 2012 2022
Table 45 Annual change in Spark's financial data 2012 2022
Table 46 Change in Spark's revenue by sector (NZ$ million) 2012 2022
Table 47 Spark's operating expenses by sector (NZ$ million) 2012 2022
Table 48 Change in the number of Spark's fixed lines by division (thousand) 2012 2021
Table 49 Annual change in Spark's fixed lines by division 2012 2021
Table 50 Change in Vocus's financial data (NZ$ million) 2016 2021
Table 51 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses and teledensity 2012 2027
Table 52 Fixed-line voice traffic use by type (billion minutes) 2012 2021
Table 53 Fixed-line retail revenue 2012 2021
Table 54 Change in the number of Chorus's connections by type (million) 2013 2021
Table 55 Development of Chorus's financial data (NZ$ million) 2013 2022
Table 56 Historic - Internet users and penetration 2001 2016
Table 57 Historic - Telecom investment by sector (NZ$ million) 2006 2011
Table 58 Historic - Subscriptions to services by sector (million) 2006 2011
Table 59 Historic - Regulated UCLL and UBA pricing (NZ$ per month per line) 2010 2012; 2014 2015
Table 60 Historic - Sprint payments from TRS/TSO 2005 2014
Table 61 Historic - Spark and Vodafone network termination rates (Cents per minute) 2011 2014
Table 62 Historic - Mobile voice traffic 2006 2011
Table 63 Historic - Mobile voice traffic use per connection 2006 2011
Table 64 Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration 2001 2011
Table 65 Historic - Annual change in mobile subscribers per major operator 2002 2009
Table 66 Historic - Market share of mobile subscribers per operator 1996 2011
Table 67 Historic - Spark prepaid versus postpaid subscribers 2005 2011
Table 68 Historic - Vodafone prepaid versus postpaid subscribers 2005 2016
Table 69 Historic - Spark and Vodafone network termination rates 2010 2014
Table 70 Historic - Mobile market revenue 2006 2011
Table 71 Historic - Mobile broadband traffic 2010 2014
Table 72 Historic - Spark mobile subscribers 2001 2009
Table 73 Historic - Estimated New Zealand population shopping online 2008 - 2015
Table 74 Historic - Spark fixed lines in operation by division 2008 2012
Table 75 Historic - Spark capital expenditure 1999 2011
Table 76 Historic - Local access lines 2002 2011
Table 77 Historic - Local service calling revenue 2002 2011
Table 78 Historic - Spark's mobile subscribers 2005 2011
Table 79 Historic - Fixed-line voice traffic use per connection 2008 2016
Table 80 Historic - Change in the number of UCLL lines 2009 2018
Table 81 Historic - Development of telecom sector revenue 2009 2011
Table 82 Historic - Development of SMS traffic 2009 2011
Table 83 Historic - Development of Spark's mobile service revenue 2009 2011
Table 84 Historic - Development of Spark Mobile's ARPU (NZ$ / month) 2008 2011
Table 85 Historic - Growth in the number of 2degrees' mobile subscribers 2009 2011
Table 86 Historic - Change in the market share of internet subscribers by residential/business segment 2009 2011
Table 87 Historic - Development of Spark's financial data (NZ$ million) 2009 2011
Table 88 Historic - Fixed-line voice traffic use by type (billion minutes) 2006 2011
Table 89 Historic - Fixed-line retail revenue 2006 2011
Chart 1 Development of telecom sector revenue 2012 2021
Chart 2 Development of telecom investment by sector 2012 2021
Chart 3 Change in the number of subscribers by sector 2012 2021

Chart 4 - Spectrum holdings

Chart 5 Development of mobile market revenue 2012 2021
Chart 6 Change in mobile voice traffic 2012 2021
Chart 7 Mobile voice traffic use per connection 2012 2021
Chart 8 Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 9 Market share of mobile subscribers per operator 2012 2021
Chart 10 Decline of SMS traffic 2012 2021
Chart 11 Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 12 Mobile data use per connection 2012 2021
Chart 13 Development of Spark's mobile service revenue 2012 2022
Chart 14 Development of Spark's capex 2012 2022
Chart 15 Growth in the number of Spark's mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 16 Development of Spark Mobile's ARPU 2012 2021
Chart 17 Change in the proportion of Spark's prepaid and postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 18 Development of Vodafone New Zealand's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 19 Development of Vodafone New Zealand's revenue by type (NZ$ million) 2020 2022
Chart 20 Change in Vodafone NZ's cash investment 2015 2022
Chart 21 Growth in the number of 2degrees' mobile subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 22 Change in the proportion of 2degrees prepaid and postpaid subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 23 2degrees key financial data 2017 2021
Chart 24 Vocus mobile subscribers 2017 2021
Chart 25 Change in fixed-broadband penetration by access platform (OECD data) 2012 2021
Chart 26 Change in the number of fixed-broadband subscribers and penetration 2012 2027
Chart 27 Decline in the number of dial-up internet subscribers 2012 2018
Chart 28 Growth in average data consumption per month 2012 2021
Chart 29 DSL, cable, and fibre broadband subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 30 Change in the market share of broadband connections by technology 2012 2021
Chart 31 Change in fixed-line broadband market share by operator 2015 2021
Chart 32 Change in the proportion of broadband subscriptions by data rate 2012 2018
Chart 33 Change in the number of fixed-broadband connections by data cap (per month) 2012 2018
Chart 34 Change in the proportion of fixed-broadband connections by data cap (per month) 2012 2018
Chart 35 Change in the market share of internet subscribers by residential/business segment 2012 2018
Chart 36 Change in the number of Vodafone NZ's fixed broadband subscribers 2012 2019
Chart 37 Change in the number of Vocus broadband subscribers 2016 2021
Chart 38 Change in the number of Spark's broadband subscribers by platform 2014 2021
Chart 39 Development of Spark's broadband revenue 2012 2022
Chart 40 Increase in the number of UFB fibre subscribers 2012 2021
Chart 41 Development of Spark's financial data 2012 2022
Chart 42 Change in Spark's revenue by sector 2012 2022
Chart 43 Change in Vocus's financial data (NZ$ million) 2016 2021
Chart 44 Change in the number of fixed-line accesses and teledensity 2012 2027
Chart 45 Fixed-line voice traffic use by type 2012 2021
Chart 46 Fixed-line retail revenue 2012 2021
Chart 47 Change in the number of Chorus's connections by type (million) 2013 2021
Chart 48 Development of Chorus's financial data (NZ$ million) 2013 2022
Exhibit 1 UBA services background
Exhibit 2 Regulatory timeline scheduled UBA and other services launch by service variant
Exhibit 3 Liable operators for the TDL levy (2021)
Exhibit 4 Mobile plan pricing benchmarking
Exhibit 5 Vodafone New Zealand spectrum licences
Exhibit 6 Fixed broadband pricing benchmarking
Exhibit 7 Brief history timeline of e-government strategies in New Zealand
Exhibit 8 Previous government initiatives (historic) Digital Strategy 2.0
Exhibit 9 The 33 UFB regions by UFB LFC deployment by company

New Zealand - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses