Broadband Deployment Update

End of year one and fourth quarter report to 30 June 2012

Ultra-Fast Broadband Initiative (UFB)

Connecting 75% of New Zealanders with fibre to the premise by the end of 2019. Fibre will be capable of speeds of 100Mbps.

# of premises passed # of connected users this quarter to date this quarter to date TOTAL 28,435 76,311 155 1,233

Number of retail providers with signed agreements: 49 Number of retail providers actively offering UFB services: 13

Areas where UFB is available for connection (subject to a local retail service provider being available)

Whangarei Woodhill, Central Ave, The Port, Limeburners, Hilltop, Kensington, Kiripaka Rd, Tikipunga Hill, Corks Rd, Mairtown. Northpower Auckland Rosebank, Albany, parts of East Tamaki. Chorus Hamilton The Boulevard, Pukete, Avalon, Maeroa, Frankton, St Andrews, Te Rapa, Melview, Hamilton Lake. Ultrafast Fibre Tauranga Tauranga Central (the Avenues), Gate Pa, Judea and Sulphur Point. Ultrafast Fibre Rotorua Central, Fairy Springs, Mangakakahi, Ohinemutu and Fenton Park. Chorus Taupo Central Chorus Napier Hospital Hill/Westshore, Marewa. Chorus Whanganui Parts of Central, including Guyton/Bell St. Ultrafast Fibre Palmerston Nth Hospital and some areas of Central. Chorus Masterton Central, including premises north of Chapel St. Chorus Wellington Churton Park. Chorus Lower Hutt Kelson Chorus Porirua Papakowhai, Whitby, Plimmerton. Chorus Blenheim Central Chorus Ashburton Central, including Hampstead. Chorus Christchurch Trial services are available in Aidanfield and parts of Halswell. Enable Dunedin Otago University area. Chorus

The following towns and cities are scheduled to commence UFB deployment in Year 2 (by end June 2013): Whakatane, Nelson, Oamaru, Queenstown.

Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) Connecting 86% of rural homes and businesses with broadband at peak speeds of at least 5Mbps by 2016, through fixed wireless and improved copper services.

Vodafone Role: provision of fixed wireless broadband capable of peak speeds of at least 5Mbps.

this quarter to date programme target Towers upgraded: 16 80 387 New towers installed: 7 14 154 Number of households covered (approximate): 13,723 52,923 147,000

Chorus Role: deployment of fibre to cabinets, offering improved broadband services. Some housholds will receive copper-based broadband speeds of up to 20Mbps.

this quarter to date programme target Cabinets upgraded: 80 198 1,224 Number of households covered (approximate): 2,228 19,028 105,000

Priority Users To be connected with fibre through the UFB or RBI.

Schools this quarter to date programme target UFB: number of schools with fibre past the school 114 176 1,092 gate UFB: number of schools with fibre connections* 107 124 1,092 RBI: number of schools with fibre past the school gate 201 485 1,080

RBI: number of schools with fibre connections*: 190 461 1,080 Number of remote schools connected: 10 10 57 The programme covers state and state-integrated schools. It does not include schools that have been connected to fibre outside of the UFB and RBI.

* ‘Connection’ means that these schools now have fibre past the school gate and into school server rooms and are able to request fibre services from Retail Service Providers (RSPs). Hospitals this quarter to date programme target

MED1395466Number of hospitals with fibre connections 2 4 60 An additional 43 hospitals have fibre that was connected prior to the establishment of the UFB and RBI.