1、DeloitteAccess EconomicsUnleashing fibre The future of digital fibre infrastructure in New ZealandOCT OBER 2024Contents2U N L E A S HING FIBRE THE F UT UR E OF D IGIT AL F IBR E INF R AST RUCT URE IN N E W Z E ALAN DExecutive summary3About this report8How did we get here?The fibre network story12Wha

2、t difference has the fibre network made?16The benefit of the fibre network to date22The benefit to come31Unleashing fibre ensuring we realise the future benefits38Technical Appendix Productivity Modelling52Endnotes56TH E SUBSTAN TI AL IM P A C T OF T H E F IB R E N E TW O R K TO D ATEEXECU TIVE SUMM

3、AR YNew Zealands digital fibre infrastructure is a success story worth celebrating,but the best is yet to come.Unleashing the power of our digital fibre infrastructure is critical to a brighter future one that could be worth$163 billion over the next 10 years.In todays world,digital fibre infrastruc

4、ture is important for helping the economy to grow and sparking new ideas.Its the foundation of our communication networks,helping data move faster and enabling services that help all industries work better and households to connect.This report,developed by Deloitte Access Economics,takes a closer lo

5、ok at the substantial and long-lasting impact of digital fibre infrastructure in New Zealand.The New Zealand Government initiated the Ultra-Fast Broadband(UFB)initiative in 2009,1 with the rollout commencing in 2010.Fourteen years later and substantially faster,the fibre network has emerged as the p

6、ublic-private partnership success story,setting the gold standard for the delivery of significant infrastructure projects and fibre infrastructure investments.As we look back at this 14-year journey,this report asks some important questions.How much has the fibre network To model the economic impact