Joint Minister for Finance - nbn Corporate Plan confirms record performance
31 August 2017
NBN Co
Limited’s (nbn’s) 2018 Corporate Plan released today shows the National Broadband
Network (NBN) rollout remains firmly on track to deliver fast broadband to all
Australian homes and businesses by its target of 2020.
The plan will
see three-quarters of Australian premises able to access a service over the nbn
network within the next ten months, with 4.4 million active services. These
forecasts are in line with targets set more than two years ago.
Network
construction is at its peak with more than 24,000 contractors and 6,700 direct
nbn employees working hard to build and connect the network that will benefit
all Australians no matter where they live.
There are some
2,500 Australian subcontracting businesses engaged either directly or
indirectly to construct, operate and maintain the nbn network Australia-wide. Over 70 per cent of nbn’s procurement spend to
date has been on local content – that is, Australian manufacturing,
construction, installation and support activities. nbn will spend $6 billion
this financial year on procured goods and services, over 80 per cent locally.
The estimated peak
funding remains unchanged at $49 billion. nbn forecasts that its revenue will
almost double in the coming financial year, from $1 billion in 2016-17 to $1.9
billion in 2017-18.
End-user
activations was higher than forecast in 2016-17 and nbn has achieved some significant
milestones recently, including:
surpassing
six million premises able to access nbn services
a
fivefold increase in connected customers over the past two years
the
introduction of new fibre-to-the-curb technology that will be available from
2018 to around one million premises
enabling Sky Muster satellite users to access 50 per
cent more peak data and twice as much off-peak data
exceeding
$1 billion in annual revenue.
The 2018 plan also
demonstrates the company has a heightened focus on the consumer experience and includes
a strategy for the transition after the 2020 rollout target is reached.
The 2018 nbn Corporate Plan is available at: www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/about-nbn-co/corporate-plan/corporate-plan.html