New Zealand - Infrastructure - NGNs and FttH

Synopsis

The term Next Generation Network is a broad term used to describe a telecommunications network where all the information for both voice and data services is transported in data packets from any point in the network to any other location.

This report provides information and analysis of developments relating to NGNs and FttH in New Zealand – excluding the government’s national fibre initiative – but including brief details of regional and local initiatives around the country. Information on the upgraded Karen network and VDSL2, including the launch of wholesale services by Telecom in late 2010, is also provided.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Ultra-Fast National fibre Network (separate reports)
• 3. Market overview
• 4. Network access technologies
  • 4.1 Fibre Optics
  • 4.2 Copper cables
    • 4.2.1 LLU
  • 4.3 VDSL2
    • 4.3.1 VDSL2 Wholesale
    • 4.4 Interconnection and Local Peering
      • 4.4.1 Overview
      • 4.4.2 Points of Interconnect (POI)
    • 4.5 Wireless networks (Separate report)
  • 5. Local and Regional network initiatives
    • 5.1 Auckland City Council – broadband strategy
    • 5.2 Aurora Energy Limited (Dunedin)
    • 5.3 CityLink Fibre Network
    • 5.4 Counties Power (Pukekohe)
    • 5.5 Digital Nation (Palmerston North)
    • 5.6 Enable Networks (Christchurch City Networks Ltd)
    • 5.7 Gracefield Village FttH project
    • 5.8 Inspired Networks – Palmerston CBD network
    • 5.9 InverNET (Invercargill)
    • 5.10 Kaiuma Park Estate FttH project
    • 5.11 Network Tasman
    • 5.12 NorthPower (Whangarei)
    • 5.13 Smartlinx3
    • 5.14 Vector Communications
    • 5.15 Velocity Networks – Hamilton City network
  • 6. Regional Backbone network initiatives
    • 6.1 FX Networks
      • 6.1.1 Background information
      • 6.1.2 Partnerships add more fibre to the network
    • 6.2 Northland Regional Council and Kordia
    • 6.3 Gigabit wireless network
  • 7. Fibre-enabled communities
  • 8. Other network developments
    • 8.1 Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN)
      • 8.1.1 Background information
      • 8.1.2 TelstraClear gains international; KAREN network
      • 8.1.3 FX Networks gains national; KAREN network
  • 9. Telecom’s Next Generation network (NGN)
    • 9.1 Introduction
    • 9.2 The original NGN plan
    • 9.3 FttN Network and cabinetisation plan
      • 9.3.1 Network rollout milestones to 2011
    • 9.4 The Chorus Greenfield FttH program
  • 10. Telstraclear’s network
    • 10.1 Network overview
  • 11. Related reports
  • Exhibit 1 – Next Generation Networks - defined
  • Exhibit 2 – Telecom and the roadside cabinet program – a brief overview