Mobile operator Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has reportedly signed an agreement with NBN Co, the PPP in charge of the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN), to offer fixed-line trial services in New South Wales in the coming months.
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Mobile operator Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has reportedly signed an agreement with NBN Co, the PPP in charge of the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN), to offer fixed-line trial services in New South Wales in the coming months.
This is despite VHA not being among the 12 retail service providers selected so far to deliver services over the network.
A few months ago, it had already been reported that VHA may be interested in offering fixed-line services.
The development comes as many mobile operators, especially in the slowing markets of Europe, consider adding fixed-line capability to their offering in order to cope with rising demand for data.
VHA reportedly added just 142,000 new subscribers in H2 2010, as compared to 539,000 in H1 2010, while incumbent Telstra’s mobile business added 900,000 new subs in H2. The two rivals decided last year to scrap their radio access network JV by 31 August 2012.
