New Zealand - Overview of the 2nd Tier Telcos

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Last updated: 6 Jan 2015 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 10

Synopsis

This report profiles some of the 2nd tier telcos in the New Zealand market, including CallPlus, M2, WxC, and Southern Cross Cable.

CallPlus provides residential and business customers nationwide with a full range of retail Internet, voice and data services. M2 purchased Black+White and provides fixed-line services, mobile broadband and fixed-line services. Southern Cross Cables provides cable services using a fibre-optic cable loop network linking Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii to the USA.

The major players – Spark New Zealand (rebranded from Telecom New Zealand in August 2014), Kordia, Vodafone New Zealand, Chorus, TelstraClear and 2degrees, are all covered in separate BuddeComm reports at www.budde.com.au. This report provides a brief overview of the major telcos in New Zealand with links to other reports where the companies are profiled separately.

  • Spark New Zealand dominates the market in fixed-line access for both the residential and business sectors and is also one of the two major mobile operators;
  • Vodafone New Zealand being the other major mobile player is also a fixed-line operator, via its 2012 acquisition of TelstraClear;
  • Kordia New Zealand owns one of the largest telecom networks in the country and is the major provider of television and radio broadcast facilities;
  • Chorus is the largest infrastructure company in the New Zealand market and is rolling out the UFB infrastructure in a majority of the districts.

Key developments:

Cable, ADSL, WiFi, fibre, UFB, HSDPA, FttH, FttN, IPTV, HDTV, cloud computing, unbundled exchanges.

Companies covered in this report include:

CallPlus, TelstraClear, M2, Telecom NZ, Southern Cross Cables, Kordia, Vodafone, Black+White, Chorus, Chorus WorldxChange Communications, Orcon, Flip.

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