New Zealand - Telecoms Overview and Analysis - 2006

Synopsis

Telecom maintains a stranglehold on the local access market in fixed line voice and broadband. Telecom began a rollout of its NGN network in 2005, however a 2012 completion date will leave New Zealand well behind the rest of the developed world. From 2003 to 2005 the industry saw a significant rise in the use of wireless technologies as serious competition to the more traditional copper and fibre optic-based solutions. A number of niche fibre optic networks had also been established by late 2005.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key highlights – 2005
  
  • 2.1 Market overview
    
  • 2.2 Key players in the market
    
  • 2.3 Telecommunications infrastructure
    
  • 2.4 Regulatory
    
  • 2.5 Fixed network voice and VoIP markets
    
• 3. Telecoms (infrastructure, regulations, competition, traditional services)
  
  • 3.1 Telecommunications infrastructure
    
    • 3.1.1 Market overview
      
    • 3.1.2 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
      
    • 3.1.3 Fibre optic networks and Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
      
  • 3.2 Regulatory environment
    
    • 3.2.1 Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
      
    • 3.2.2 Interconnection
      
    • 3.2.3 Telecommunications ACT
      
    • 3.2.4 Number Portability (NP)
      
  • 3.3 Fixed network voice market
    
  • 3.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    
• 4. Related reports
  
• 5. 2006 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in New Zealand reports
  

• Exhibit 1 – Fibre network overview by provider – October 2005