Telstra maintains 70 per cent stranglehold on wholesale market

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http://www.computerworld.com.au/inde...8;fp;4;fpid;18

Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde released a report today which predicts
telecoms market growth will drop to 4.1 per cent by 2008 and 3.4 per cent by
2009.

The fall follows a fairly buoyant period with the overall telecoms market
growing 5.2 per cent to $36.6 billion in the 12 months to June, 2007.

Budde said the market will subside over the next two years as Telstra is
forced to begin a period of transformation and reationalisation.

But in 2007, he said Telstra maintained its stranglehold on the wholesale
market with revenues of just under $3 billion in 2007, which constitutes
more than 70 per cent of the $4.2 billion wholesale market.

The total second tier market (including wholesale revenues) grew at around
7.9 per cent in 2007 to $9.2 billion and Budde expects the growth rate to
drop slightly to around six per cent in 2008 and then maintain this level
moving into 2009.

According to the report, Telstra's Retail broadband subscribers jumped 60
per cent to 2.4 million, and market share increased from 45 to 47 per cent.
In fact, retail broadband for the first time exceeded the dollar decline in
PSTN revenues.

Budde said Optus is starting to feel the pinch of a mobile market that has
almost reached saturation point with local access revenue declining.

"After some very tough years the second tier market is finally turning the
corner, although still struggling. Regulations have finally started to fall
in place providing the market with an economically viable wholesale
platform," he said.

" With good wholesale prices in place, by late 2007 the industry has
increased the number of lines which they now operate independently from
Telstra."

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Alan Parkington <parkingtona@team.telstra.com> wrote:

> From
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/inde...8;fp;4;fpid;18

> Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde released a report today which predicts telecoms market growth will drop to 4.1
> per cent by 2008 and 3.4 per cent by 2009.

Hardly surprising that the rate of growth drops off with so many on broadband already.

In fact it would be a hell of a lot more surprising if it didnt.

> The fall follows a fairly buoyant period with the overall telecoms market growing 5.2 per cent to $36.6 billion in the
> 12 months to June, 2007.

So nothing to start crying about.

> Budde said the market will subside over the next two years

Wota terminal fuckwit. Wouldnt now what a real subside was if it bit it on its lard arse.

> as Telstra is forced to begin a period of transformation and reationalisation.

By the fact that so many who use the net much have boardband already.

> But in 2007, he said Telstra maintained its stranglehold on the wholesale market with revenues of just under $3
> billion in 2007, which constitutes more than 70 per cent of the $4.2 billion wholesale market.

So what the fuck are those fuckwit yanks whining about ?

> The total second tier market (including wholesale revenues) grew at around 7.9 per cent in 2007 to $9.2 billion

Hardy surprising that telstra gets to lose some market share, fuckwit.

> and Budde expects the growth rate to drop slightly to around six per cent in 2008 and then maintain this level moving
> into 2009.

> According to the report, Telstra's Retail broadband subscribers
> jumped 60 per cent to 2.4 million, and market share increased from 45 to 47 per cent. In fact, retail broadband for
> the first time exceeded the dollar decline in PSTN revenues.

So what the fuck are those fuckwit yanks whining about ?

> Budde said Optus is starting to feel the pinch of a mobile market that has almost reached saturation point with local
> access revenue declining.

Yep, caps have to affect the total revenue sometime, fuckwit.

> "After some very tough years the second tier market is finally turning the corner, although still struggling.

Mindless silly stuff.

> Regulations have finally started to fall in place providing the market with an economically viable wholesale
> platform," he said.

It aint the regulations that have done that, its the enthusiastic
adoption of the technology thats done that, fuckwit.

> " With good wholesale prices in place, by late 2007 the industry has increased the number of lines which they now
> operate independently from Telstra."

It would be a hell of a lot more surprising if they didnt, fuckwit.