Wednesday 25th January 2023 |
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Total fibre connections increased by 17k to 997,000 (Q1 FY23: +21k)
The UFB rollout was completed in December with uptake remaining at 71% (rounded)
• Chorus’ target of 1 million total fibre connections was achieved in mid-January, despite fibre connection growth in Q2 being affected by field workforce constraints
• 0.5% growth in uptake across all UFB areas with 75.5% (+0.5%) in UFB1 areas and 52% (+1%) in UFB2 areas
• Auckland reached 80.5% (+0.5%) uptake, while Wellington grew to 70% (+1%) and some areas (e.g. Dunedin) saw demand affected by student holidays
Total broadband connections reduced 2k to 1,188,000* (Q1 FY23: +1k)
• 3k broadband connections were added in Chorus UFB areas
• 1Gbps and Hyperfibre connections were 36% of mass market fibre adds in Q2
• Hyperfibre (2-8Gbps) connections grew 23%, with monthly volumes lifting steadily
Copper broadband and voice connections declined by 29k (Q1 FY23: -27k)
• voice only disconnections were -10k (Q1 FY23: -8k)
• copper withdrawal: 268 copper broadband cabinets no longer have active customers (Q1 FY23: 177 cabinets)
• CPI increase of 7.2% applied to copper baseband and copper broadband services from mid-December
• total fixed line connections declined by 12k to 1,285,000* (Q1 FY23: -7k)
Average monthly data usage on fibre was 555GB in December (Sept: 554GB)
• ~15% of fibre connections consume 1,000GB+ a month
*totals exclude 8,000 broadband connections Chorus is partly subsidising for student households
Authorised by:
JB Rousselot
Chief Executive Officer
ENDS
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