Australia - Broadband - DSLAMs and ADSL2+ - Document Details

While Telstra’s Unbundled Local Loop service was economically unviable for voice service, it provided the right platform for semi-infrastructure based broadband competition. Several telcos and ISPs are now installing their own DSLAM infrastructure and by early 2008, more than 4500 DSLAMs were either installed or commissioned. ADSL2+ became available over the first installed DSLAMs in mid-2005. Sooner rather than later this development is going to lead to a broadband capacity explosion, with triple play business models delivering e-health, education, e-business, VoIP and video comms as well as, of course, high-speed Internet access. By early 2008 half of the households had access to ADSL2+. As it currently stands ULL and its DSLAM infrastructure will become obsolete once the FttN network is in place. It is most likely that this will happen in metro Australia within a very few short years.

1. Synopsis
2. Unbundling of the Local Loop (ULL) and line sharing
- 2.1 Historical overview
- 2.2 IPTV and ULL
3. DSLAMs
- 3.1 Tool for competitors
- 3.2 DSLAM Infrastructure
  - 3.2.1 Key providers
  - 3.2.2 ADSL2+ enabled exchanges
- 3.3 Naked DSL
4. ADSL2+ Overview
5. Market analysis
- 5.1 The end of ULL and DSLAMs
- 5.2 DSLAM competitors gained an early foothold
- 5.3 Continual delays by Telstra
- 5.4 The long awaited ADSL2+ launch by Telstra
- 5.5 No convergence with TV, but complimenting
- 5.6 FttH superior to ADSL2+
6. Other market developments Paul
- 6.1 Australian rules for ADSL2+
7. New business models
- 7.1 Overview of topics covered in separate reports
- 7.2 Triple play
- 7.3 Home Networks
- 7.4 Broadband TV/IPTV
8. High-speed Internet & High Definition TV to regional & rural areas
9. Related reports

Table 1 – Number of DSLAMs by provider – 2006 - 2008
Table 2 – Number of ADSL2+ enabled exchanges – 2006 - 2007
Table 3 – Number of infrastructure providers by number of ADSL enable exchanges* – 2006 - 2007