Australia - Mobile Communications - Subscriber Statistics

Synopsis

There are significantly more mobile services than people in Australia. Despite subscriber penetration rates being between 110% and 115% of the population, growth is likely to continue for the foreseeable future though the overall rate of growth may slow slightly. Growth is being driven by population increases and a rise in the number of people using two mobile subscriptions – one for personal and one for business use. Australian operators are likely to have more than 25 million mobile subscribers in 2011 as migration and business adoption continue to drive growth. Growth in the number of services has also been boosted in Australia in 2009 by the effective use of economic stimulus. Telstra continues to dominate the market with more than ten million subscribers, Optus has around eight million and VHA has roughly six million subscribers. This report provides statistics and forecasts for 2010 as well as high-level commentary on the overall market, market shares by operator and detail of 2G and 3G and prepaid and postpaid usage.

1. Synopsis
2. Sources
3. Mobile subscriber statistics
- 3.1 Total subscribers and annual growth rates
- 3.2 Operator market shares and growth
- 3.3 2G and 3G subscribers
- 3.4 Prepaid and postpaid subscribers by operator
- 3.5 Wholesale market
4. Related reports

Table 1 – Mobile market subscribers, penetration rate and annual change – 1995 - 2010
Table 2 – Mobile subscribers by carrier – 1995 - 2010
Table 3 – Annual growth rate of mobile subscribers by carrier – 1995 - 2010
Table 4 – Mobile subscriber market share by operator – 1995 - 2010
Table 5 – 3G mobile subscribers by carrier - 2003 - 2010
Table 6 - Annual growth rate of 3G mobile subscribers by carrier - 2007 - 2010
Table 7 – Proportion of 3G mobile subscribers versus total subscribers by carrier - 2006 - 2010
Table 8 – 2G mobile subscribers by carrier - 2006 - 2010
Table 9 - Annual change of 2G mobile subscribers by carrier - 2007 - 2010
Table 10 – Prepaid subscribers per operator – 2006 - 2010
Table 11 – Prepaid subscribers – market share by operator – 2006 - 2010
Table 12 – Number of mobile phone services in operation – pre and postpaid – 2006 - 2010
Table 13 – Wholesale subscribers – Telstra and Optus – 2006 - 2009