Australia - National Broadband Network - Statistics and Analysis

Synopsis

Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) is delivered via a multi-technology mix (MTM) to homes and businesses including: fibre to the premises (FTTP), fibre to the building (FTTB), fibre to the node (FTTN), Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC), fixed wireless and satellite.

The purpose of the company nbn is to build a nationwide, wholesale-only, high-speed, affordable open broadband network. NBN Co was rebranded as nbn, the company overseeing Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) project. As it does not provide telecommunications services to retail customers, the market opened up existing and new licensed RSPs (Retail Service Providers).

The NBN will increase Australia’s GDP by up to $10 billion and create up to 150,000 new jobs nationally in the digital industry by 2021. The establishment of businesses in areas served by the NBN so far grew at twice the rate of the national average and five times the pace of regions without the network.

NBN Co announced plans in 2018 to be able to more efficiently deploy fibre to the curb (FTTC) services instead of its more conventional DSLAM-based fibre to the basement (FTTB) services when connecting smaller multi-dwelling units (MDUs).

The industry has started to seriously question the regulatory environment around the NBN. The smaller players believe they are in danger of being squeezed out of the market through complex and expensive NBN wholesale offerings. These same arrangements also mean that the end-users are not receiving the benefits of high-speed broadband in an affordable form.

NBN Co has revealed plans to begin deploying “skinny fibre” (thinner fibre cables) in new housing estates from 2017-2018.

The National Broadband Network announced it would entirely abandon its plan to use the Optus Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network to deliver high-speed broadband. NBN will however still be using Telstra’s more extensive HFC network as planned.

Key developments

NBN Co deploy fibre to the curb (FTTC) services instead of DSLAM-based fibre.
NBN Co will deploy “skinny fibre” (thinner fibre cables)
The NBN will increase Australia’s GDP by up to $10 billion.

Companies mentioned in this report:

NBN; Austar; Ericsson; Visionstream; Optus, iiNet, AUSTAR, Foxtel, Neighbourhood Cable, TransACT. Optus, Telstra, nbn (NBN Co), LBNCo, OPENetworks, OptiComm, RedTrain, Pivit, Fibercorp.

Table of Contents

1. Synopsis
2. National Broadband Network (NBN)
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Corporate plan - 2019-2022
- 2.3 Wholesale provider overview
- 2.4 Market analysis
- 2.5 Regional improvements
3. NBN Market statistics
- 3.1 Revenue Statistics
- 3.2 Subscriptions
- 3.3 Broadband market share by provider
4. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP)
- 4.1 Statistics
- 4.2 Major players
  - 4.2.1 LBNCo
  - 4.2.2 OPENetworks
  - 4.2.3 OptiComm
  - 4.2.4 Pivit
  - 4.2.5 Fibercorp
  - 4.2.6 RedTrain
- 4.3 Historical developments
- 4.4 Greenfield estates
5. Fibre-to-the-Basement (FTTB)
6. Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN)
7. Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC)
8. G.Fast and XG.Fast
9. HFC (Cable) Networks
- 9.1 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) - Technology
  - 9.1.1 Introduction
  - 9.1.2 DOCSIS 3.0
  - 9.1.3 DOCSIS 3.1
- 9.2 HFC – NBN Developments
  - 9.2.1 NBN HFC rollout
  - 9.2.2 DOCSIS 3.1 rollout
- 9.3 NBN statistics
- 9.4 Operator statistics
- 9.5 HFC operators
  - 9.5.1 Telstra
  - 9.5.2 Optus
  - 9.5.3 IiNet/TransACT
10. Fixed wireless networks
- 10.1 Overview
- 10.2 Network rollout
- 10.3 Market analysis
  - 10.3.1 The role of the NBN in the development of 5G
  - 10.3.2 Why Wireless Broadband will co-exist with fixed broadband - Analysis
  - 10.3.3 NBN facilitates wireless competition
- 10.4 Fixed wireless statistics
11. The NBN satellite network
- 11.1 SKY MUSTER
- 11.2 Ka-band satellites
- 11.3 Contracts
  - 11.3.1 Satellite launch contracts
  - 11.3.2 Via Sat to supply satellite ground equipment
  - 11.3.3 Ground station gateways
- 11.4 Telstra
- 11.5 Viasat
12. Related reports

Table 1 – NBN Revenue ($million) Statistics – 2013 - 2018
Table 2 – NBN ARPU – 2013 - 2018
Table 3 – NBN Capital Expenditure – 2013 - 2018
Table 4 – Cost per premises – 2014 -2017
Table 5 – Historic - Property, Plan, Equipment and Intangible Assets
Table 6 – NBN premises activated, Ready for Service (thousands) – 2011 - 2018
Table 7 – Cumulative End User Subscriptions by Technology – 2013 - 2018
Table 8 – Market Share – Subscriptions – 2013 - 2018
Table 9 – Cumulative Premises Ready For Service – 2016 - 2017
Table 10 – Historic - Market Share Premises Ready For Service – 2016 - 2017
Table 11 – Fixed Line Speed Tier Mix – 2016 - 2017
Table 12 – Fixed Wireless Speed Tier Mix – 2016 - 2017
Table 13 – Sky Muster Satellite Service Speed Tier Mix – 2016 - 2017
Table 14 – NBN premises activated by platform – 2016 - 2017
Table 15 – NBN premises serviceable by platform – 2016 - 2017
Table 16 – Historic - NBN premises activated by platform – 2014 - 2016
Table 17 – Historic - NBN fibre premises serviceable by type – 2012 – 2016
Table 18 – Historic - NBN fibre premises activated – 2011 – 2016
Table 19 – FTTP - Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 20 – FTTB -- Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 21 – FTTN- Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 22 – HFC - Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 23 – Wireless - Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 24 – Satellite - Market Share - by Provider – June 2018
Table 25 – NBN revenue statistics FTTP / FTTP– FY 2013 - 2017
Table 26 – FTTP subscriber statistics – 2013 - 2018
Table 27 – Annual FTTP / FTTP capital expenditure – FY 2013 - 2017
Table 28 – FTTP Cost per premise – FY 2014-2016
Table 29 – FTTP Greenfields rollouts 2014 - 2016
Table 30 – FTTP Greenfields Rollouts 2014 - 2016
Table 31 – FttN expenditure – 2014 - 2016
Table 32 – HFC Roll out plan 2016 - 2018
Table 33 – HFC Current Roll out status – 2016 - 2017
Table 34 - Weighted average cost per HFC premise (rounded nearest $100)
Table 35 – NBN capital expenditure – FY2015 - 2017
Table 36 – HFC- Market Share - by Provider – June 2017
Table 37 – Cable broadband subscribers by major operator and annual change – 2002 - 2017
Table 38 – Optus on-net broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Table 39 – NBN Cost per premises fixed wireless – FY 2014 - 2017
Table 40 – FTTH Wireless Rollouts FY 2014 - 2017
Table 41 – NBN Capital expenditure fixed wireless – FY 2013 - 2017
Table 42 – NBN ARPU Fixed wireless – FY 2014-2016
Table 43 – Satellite Rollouts 2014 - 2016

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Last updated 24 Oct 2018
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