$9.9bn
$XXX.Xm
15,175
1,464
$X.Xbn
The Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry has faced challenging operating conditions recently amid intensified external competition from wireless telecommunications network services. More and more consumers have become reliant on smartphones with wireless network services to enjoy communications, including calls via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services like WhatsApp and Skype. Growth in the number of businesses, along with customers like governments and businesses that value reliable networks, has supported industry revenue. Overall, revenue is expected to have fallen at an annualised 5.1% over the five years through 2024-25, to $9.9 billion. This includes an anticipated drop of 4.1% in 2024-25.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 5.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $9.9bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2025 | Revenue ($m)
2025 |
---|---|---|
NBN Co | 5,558.5 | |
Telstra | 2,778.1 | |
Vocus | 641.5 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Data services, Voice services and Other services. Data services is the largest segment of the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation in Australia.
Data services continue to support wired network operators’ revenue growth
Wired telecommunications network operators deliver voice and data services through landlines, microwaves or satellite link-ups, including fixed-wire telephony, wired network and cable services like ISDN and ATM frame relay. Operators maintain their own transmission and switching facilities and own fixed line telephone network systems made up of wires or fibre-optic cable. Operators sell spare capacity to other telecommunications carriers or resellers.
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ANZSIC 5801 - Wired Telecommunications Network Operation in Australia
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The market size of the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry in Australia is $9.9bn in 2024.
There are 1,464 businesses in the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 5.1 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation market in Australia are NBN Co, Telstra and Vocus
Data services and Voice services are part of the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is NBN Co.
The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Wired Telecommunications Network Operation industry in Australia.