Top 10 Companies in the Australian Telecommunications Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

Introduction

This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top 10 companies in the Australian Telecommunications industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.

Scope

*Ovum's view of the top 10 companies in the Australian Telecommunications sector in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

*Details of IT services contracts by company where available

Highlights

The top 10 companies in the Australian telecommunications industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 27% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on services and software.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. Internal IT alone accounted for 34% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. Telstra Corporation Limited remained the leading company in terms of spending on the various channels, followed by Hutchison Telecommunications(Australia) Ltd and VicTrack

Reasons to Purchase

*Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top 10 companies in the Australian Telecommunications industry and identify notable areas of allocation

*Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

[Studien Infos ausblenden]

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Introduction 10
Reasons to purchase 10
Definitions 10
Australian Telecommunications Industry: Estimated Spending on IT 13
Overview 13
Estimated spending by technology segment 15
Estimated IT spending by channel 17
Telstra Corporation Limited 19
Budget overview 19
Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending on IT 20
Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 24
Telstra Corporation Limited, IT contracts 26
Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited 34
Budget overview 34
Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending on IT 35
Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 39
Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, IT contracts 41
Victrack 49
Budget overview 49
VicTrack, estimated spending on IT 50
VicTrack, estimated IT spending by channel 54
Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group 56
Budget overview 56
Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT 57
Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated IT spending by channel 61
Commander Communications Limited 63
Budget overview 63
Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending on IT 64
Commander Communications Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 68
Salmat Ltd 70
Budget overview 70
Salmat Ltd, estimated spending on IT 71
Salmat Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 75
Austar United Communications Limited 77
Budget overview 77
Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending on IT 78
Austar United Communications Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 82
Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd 84
Budget overview 84
Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending on IT 85
Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 89
SP Telemedia Limited 91
Budget overview 91
SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending on IT 92
SP Telemedia Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 96
Iinet Ltd. 98
Budget overview 98
iiNet Ltd., estimated spending on IT 99
iiNet Ltd., estimated IT spending by channel 103
Appendix 105
Methodology 105
Further reading 106
Disclaimer 107

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009–10 13
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Figure 4: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Figure 5: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Figure 6: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 24
Figure 7: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 35
Figure 8: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 37
Figure 9: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 39
Figure 10: VicTrack, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 50
Figure 11: VicTrack, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 52
Figure 12: VicTrack, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 54
Figure 13: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 57
Figure 14: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 59
Figure 15: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 61
Figure 16: Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 64
Figure 17: Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 66
Figure 18: Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 68
Figure 19: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 71
Figure 20: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 73
Figure 21: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 75
Figure 22: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 78
Figure 23: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 80
Figure 24: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 82
Figure 25: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 85
Figure 26: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 87
Figure 27: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 89
Figure 28: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 92
Figure 29: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 94
Figure 30: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 96
Figure 31: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 99
Figure 32: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 101
Figure 33: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 103


LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 11
Table 2: Definitions: channels 12
Table 3: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009–10 14
Table 4: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 16
Table 5: Top ten companies in the Australian telecommunications industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 18
Table 6: Telstra Corporation Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 19
Table 7: Telstra Corporation Limited, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 19
Table 8: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 21
Table 9: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 23
Table 10: Telstra Corporation Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 25
Table 11: IT contract: Telstra Corporation Limited with IBM Corp (1) 26
Table 12: IT contract: Telstra Corporation Limited with IBM Corp (2) 28
Table 13: IT contract: Telstra Corporation Limited with Ericsson (1) 30
Table 14: IT contract: Telstra Corporation Limited with Ericsson (2) 32
Table 15: IT contract: Telstra Corporation Limited with Ericsson (3) 33
Table 16: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 34
Table 17: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 34
Table 18: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 36
Table 19: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 38
Table 20: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 40
Table 21: IT contract: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited with Nokia Siemens Networks 41
Table 22: IT contract: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited with Ericsson (1) 43
Table 23: IT contract: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited with Nokia 45
Table 24: IT contract: Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited with Ericsson (2) 47
Table 25: VicTrack, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 49
Table 26: VicTrack, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 49
Table 27: VicTrack, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 51
Table 28: VicTrack, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 53
Table 29: VicTrack, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 55
Table 30: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 56
Table 31: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 56
Table 32: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 58
Table 33: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 60
Table 34: Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 62
Table 35: Commander Communications Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 63
Table 36: Commander Communications Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 63
Table 37: Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 65
Table 38: Commander Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 67
Table 39: Commander Communications Limited estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 69
Table 40: Salmat Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 70
Table 41: Salmat Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 70
Table 42: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 43: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 74
Table 44: Salmat Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 76
Table 45: Austar United Communications Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 77
Table 46: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 77
Table 47: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 79
Table 48: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 81
Table 49: Austar United Communications Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 83
Table 50: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 84
Table 51: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 84
Table 52: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 86
Table 53: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 88
Table 54: Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 90
Table 55: SP Telemedia Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 91
Table 56: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 91
Table 57: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 93
Table 58: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 95
Table 59: SP Telemedia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 97
Table 60: iiNet Ltd., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 98
Table 61: iiNet Ltd., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 98
Table 62: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 100
Table 63: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 102
Table 64: iiNet Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 104



[Inhaltsverzeichnis ausblenden]