Optus - Company Overview and Operating Statistics - 2011

Synopsis

Optus provides a range of communications services that include mobile, national and long-distance services, local and international telephony, business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription TV.

Into 2011/12 the company is set to expand its customer base as new services including the provision of IPTV though FetchTV, a record now TV service for mobiles, expanded mobile coverage in Tasmania, and an agreement to provide interim satellite services in the National Broadband Network. These new services will allow Optus to gain new subscribers across its coverage areas and to remote and regional communities.

The booming numbers of wireless broadband subscribers obtained during 2010/11 is continuing to deliver higher data revenue, although as the market rises to saturation levels BuddeComm believes that the rising returns will slowly diminish.

In this report we provide an operational overview of the main divisions within Optus, including Consumer, Business, Small and Medium Business and Wholesale and Satellite. A breakdown of key operating statistics is provided for internet, broadband, voice, The Open Network (mobile), in text, tabular and easy-to-read chart formats. Brief highlights of the company’s financials are included.

Detailed financial information on Optus is provided in a separate report: Optus - Financial Statistics and Analysis - 2011 - 2012. While information on the company’s networks is in a separate report: Optus - The Network.

Companies mentioned

Companies mentioned in this report include – Optus, Alphawest, Virgin Mobile, FOXTEL, M2.

Hot topics mentioned

Hot topics mentions in this report include – NBN, broadband, Subscription TV, IPTV, cloud services.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Overview
• 3. Company analysis
  • 3.1 Expansion of services set to build the customer base – mid-2011
  • 3.2 Optus building through its strong financial performance – 2011
• 4. Financial highlights
  • 4.1 Current year – 2011
  • 4.2 Previous year – 2010
• 5. Operating results
  • 5.1 Key operating statistics – 2011
  • 5.2 Mobile subscriber statistics
• 6. Products and services
  • 6.1 Divisions overview
  • 6.2 Consumer and multimedia
  • 6.3 Business and wholesale
    • 6.3.1 Overview
    • 6.3.2 Business and wholesale statistics
  • 6.4 Internet and broadband services
  • 6.5 Optus Evolve
• 7. Mobile services
  • 7.1 The Open Network overview
  • 7.2 Services overview
  • 7.3 Femtocell trials
  • 7.4 TV Now
• 8. Major subsidiaries
  • 8.1 Alphawest
  • 8.2 Uecomm
  • 8.3 Virgin mobile
• 9. Network overview (separate report)
• 10. Company history
  • 10.1 Brief timeline – 1992 - 2011
• 11. Related reports

• Table 1 – Optus Consumer telephony statistics – 2008 - 2011
• Table 2 – Optus on-net ARPU – 2008 - 2011
• Table 3 – Optus mobile subscribers – 1998 - 2012
• Table 4 – Optus mobile key operating statistics – 2008 - 2011
• Table 5 – Optus business and wholesale statistics – 2008 - 2011
• Table 6 – Optus consumer internet statistics by technology – 2008 - 2011
• Table 7 – Total internet subscribers (broadband and dialup) – 1996; 1998; 2000 - 2012

• Chart 1 – Optus on-net ARPU by sector – 2007 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Optus mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2012
• Chart 3 – Optus business and wholesale statistics – 2007 - 2010
• Chart 4 – Optus consumer internet statistics by technology – 2007 - 2011
• Chart 5 – Total internet subscribers (broadband and dialup) – 2000 - 2012

• Exhibit 1 – Optus at a glance