TelstraClear Limited

Synopsis

TelstraClear is New Zealand’s second-largest full-service telecommunications company, providing products and services to the business, government, wholesale and residential sectors. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telstra, the largest telecommunications provider in Australia.

In the New Zealand market, TelstraClear provides a full range of:

• Voice and data products;
• Broadband internet;
• Mobile services via and MVNO agreement;
• Managed services; and
• Digital cable TV products and services.

The company also has triple play services and the T-Box with PVR and IPTV over its HFC cable networks in the Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch areas. A VoIP interconnection agreement in place with WorldxChange Communications.

In this report we provide an overview of the company with analysis by BuddeComm, with facts and figures on the operational and financial information of the company in tabular and easy-to-read chart formats.

Companies mentioned

Companies mentioned in this report include – Telstra, TelstraSaturn, Clear Communications, KAREN, Vodafone, Starship Foundation.

Hot topics and technologies mentioned

Hot topics and technologies mentioned in this report include – Cable TV, fibre, broadband, revenue, mobile, MVNO.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Overview
• 3. Company analysis
• 4. Network
  • 4.1 Background information
  • 4.2 Fibre network
  • 4.3 Network applications
  • 4.4 Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) interconnect arrangement with WorldxChange Communications (WxC)
  • 4.5 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network
    • 4.5.1 Overview
    • 4.5.2 Analysis
• 5. Wholesale and partnerships
  • 5.1 Telecom’s wholesale fibre network service
  • 5.2 Partnerships with utility companies
  • 5.3 Pegasus Town developments
  • 5.4 TelstraClear manages the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN)
  • 5.5 Mobile phone recycling
• 6. Business and consumer products and services
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Voice services
  • 6.3 Mobile
  • 6.4 Internet and broadband
    • 6.4.1 Overview
    • 6.4.2 Speed congestion around peak times
  • 6.5 Pay TV
    • 6.5.1 Overview
    • 6.5.2 T-box
  • 6.6 Wireless access
  • 6.7 HealthConnect
  • 6.8 Online content (separate report)
• 7. Financial results
  • 7.1 Full year to June 2011
    • 7.1.1 Group financial statistical results
  • 7.2 Full year to June 2010
    • 7.2.1 Overview
• 8. Operating results
  • 8.1 Operating overview – 2011
  • 8.2 Operating overview – 2010
• 9. Company history
  • 9.1 Brief timeline – 2000 - 2011
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – TelstraClear financial key performance indicators – 2007 - 2011
• Table 2 – TelstraClear financial key performance indicators by annual change – 2007 - 2011
• Table 3 – TelstraClear TSO financial commitment – 2007 - 2010
• Table 4 – TelstraClear TDL financial commitment – 2010 - 2011

• Chart 1 – TelstraClear key financial highlights – 2006 - 2011

• Exhibit 1 – TelstraClear Limited at a glance – 2011