Australia - 2nd-tier Telcos - Analysis, Revenue & Market Shares

Synopsis

The second-tier market is on the verge of massive changes which will occur over the next few years. The critical factors are what changes to the regulatory environment will occur, and even more importantly, how the National Broadband Network develops. Second-tier companies are likely to have to reposition themselves. Second-tier firms in Australia are usually virtual service providers to the mass market which purchase services on a wholesale basis from network operators. A number of second-tier firms are infrastructure operators of networks serving niche markets. Several second-tier firms offer a range of telephony services such as mobile and landlines, as well as Internet access. A second group consists of firms which offer only one type of telephony service such as Vodafone or 3 with mobile voice and data services. Four of the second-tier players: AAPT, Commander, Vodafone and Hutchison now have annual revenues exceeding the $1 billion mark. This report provides an analysis of the current outlook for the major second-tier firms as well as statistics relating to revenues and market shares. The second-tier segment is very interesting in terms of mergers and acquisitions in Australia. In 2009 Vodafone and Hutchison (3) in Australia, the third and fourth largest mobile network operators merged their operations. M2 acquired People Telecom in mid-2009 to create the largest firm without significant infrastructure assets, and further consolidation is expected over the period to 2011.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview of second-tier telecommunications market
  
• 3. Market analysis in 2009
  
  • 3.1 The impact of the NBN
    
  • 3.2 The transition period
    
• 4. Major second-tier firms
  
  • 4.1 Vodafone and Hutchison
    
    • 4.1.1 Hutchison – the early 3G market leader
      
    • 4.1.2 Vodafone could not grow into the second largest mobile operator organically
      
  • 4.2 AAPT/PowerTel must look for successful merger
    
  • 4.3 iiNet continues to perform strongly
    
  • 4.4 M2
    
  • 4.5 Primus continues to struggle
    
  • 4.6 Macquarie Telecom
    
  • 4.7 Soul acquires TPG and Chariot – but TPG is the winner
    
  • 4.8 Amcom – a star performer in a growing niche market
    
• 5. Service revenues and market shares
  
  • 5.1 Total market by major service
    
  • 5.2 Total market by major players
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Selected 2nd-tier telco revenues by service – 2003 - 2010
• Table 2 – Total 2nd tier telco revenues by service – annual change – 2004 - 2010
• Table 3 – 2nd-tier telcos – revenue by provider – 2003 - 2010
• Table 4 – 2nd-tier telcos – revenue by major provider – annual change – 2003 - 2010
• Table 5 – 2nd-tier telcos – revenue by major provider – relative market shares – 2003 - 2010