Australia - National Broadband Network - RSPs Pricing and Products

Synopsis

During 2011 an increasing number of retail service providers (RSPs) were accredited by NBN Co to take part in the various pilots, as well as in the official rollout program. As NBN Co is a pure wholesale operator the end-users will depend upon the RSPs for innovative products and affordable pricing.

Affordable price is the key to a successful uptake of NBN services. Early indications are that a 12Mb/s entry level service will be priced at around $39 and for an extra $10 a telephone service will be added. IPTV add-ons are also priced at $10. Compared with similar services available over the current telecoms networks these offerings are most competitive. Over the longer term this should easily lead to a 70%+ commercial uptake.

Companies covered in this report include:

NBN Co; AAPT; AARNet; Comscentre; Exetel; iiNet; Internode; iPrimus; Nextgen Networks; Optus; Platform Networks; SkyMesh; Telstra

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. retails service providers (RSPs) and the nbn
• 3. Pricing Issues
  • 3.1 NBN pricing infrastructure not telco-based
  • 3.2 Good NBN price will lead to very high uptake
• 4. NBN penetration forecasts
• 5. RSP Products and prices
  • 5.1 Internode
    • 5.1.1 Voice only service
  • 5.2 Exetel
  • 5.3 iiNet
  • 5.4 Primus
    • 5.4.1 Primus and NBNCo test VOIP service
  • 5.5 Optus
    • 5.5.1 Plans available from Optus
  • 5.6 Telstra
  • 5.7 NBN plans won’t cost more than today’s broadband
  • 5.8 NEC plans NBN services
  • 5.9 engin and Nextgen NBN VoIP partnership
• 6. Other developments
  • 6.1 AARNet and the NBN
  • 6.2 Vodafone and the NBN
  • 6.3 Telcoinabox launches hosted voice service
• 7. Telstra to trial copper-fibre transfer
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – NBN* uptake scenario forecasts – 2015 – 2020 (household penetration)