Australia - ISP, Internet & Broadband - Statistics

Synopsis

In this report we present an overview of key statistics and trends in the Australian Internet and broadband market, including Internet subscribers segmented by geographical area and type of Internet access technology. We provide segmentation by dial-up/broadband and include statistics on website usage. We include surveys by government departments including the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We also provide an overview of new trends and technology which are evolving from, and merging with, the Internet sector. A summary of a report from the ABS examines household and business usage of Internet and broadband access. An overview of the ISP market, including number of ISPs and market trends is also included. Please note that this report does not include, Internet broadband statistics by major provider, for these statistics, see separate report: Australia - Broadband - Statistical Overview and Forecasts.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. ISP market overview – where is the industry heading?
  
  • 2.1 The market in 2009
    
  • 2.2 New business models are required
    
  • 2.3 Household statistics
    
  • 2.4 Are low end fixed Internet users interested in HSPA?
    
  • 2.5 Triple play business models
    
  • 2.6 Dial-up Internet still has some life left in it yet
    
  • 2.7 VoIP
    
  • 2.8 Internet media companies
    
• 3. ACMA – Survey on Internet activity and content
  
  • 3.1 Overview
    
  • 3.2 E-commerce
    
  • 3.3 Social networking
    
• 4. ABS survey of Internet activity
  
  • 4.1 June 2009
    
  • 4.2 December 2008
    
  • 4.3 June 2008 – overview
    
  • 4.4 December 2007 – overview
    
  • 4.5 Internet subscribers
    
  • 4.6 Dial-up and non-dial-up subscribers
    
  • 4.7 Business, government and household subscribers
    
  • 4.8 Number of ISPs by download speed and size
    
  • 4.9 Internet access technologies
    
• 5. ABS survey – Internet Activity – 2009
  
  • 5.1 Broadband Internet access
    
  • 5.2 International comparison
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Number of ISPs – 1995 - 2010
• Table 2 – Number of ISPs by technology – 2007
• Table 3 – Australian Internet users and penetration rate – 2003 - 2009
• Table 4 – Internet household penetration forecasts – 2008 - 2012
• Table 5 – Proportion of ISPs by size in the Australian market – 2008 - 2009
• Table 6 – Business, government and household Internet subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 7 – Internet subscribers by download speed – 2008 - 2009
• Table 8 – Internet subscribers by access technology – 2007 - 2009
• Table 9 – Data downloaded by access technology – 2007 - 2009
• Table 10 – Internet subscribers by access type for all ISPs – 2005 - 2010
• Table 11 – Internet households & business subscribers – 1985; 1990; 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2009
• Table 12 – Dial-up and non-dial-up Internet subscribers – 2003 - 2009
• Table 13 – Business, government and household Internet subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 14 – Internet subscribers by download speed – 2007 - 2009
• Table 15 – Total number of ISPs in Australia by size (historic) – 2000 - 2007
• Table 16 – Internet subscribers by access technology – 2006 - 2007
• Table 17 – Households with access to a home computer and the Internet – Australia and selected countries – 2007 - 20081
• Table 18 – Selected country comparison of monthly at-home Internet usage – 2007; 2009