The current mobile market is a duopoly of Vodafone New Zealand and Telecom Mobile. The pair operate the only cellular networks in the country. Vodafone took the number one spot in mobile subscribers in New Zealand back in 2003 and now holds 53% of the subscriber market. TelstraClear abandoned development of its own mobile network and reverted to a resale agreement with Telecom. New Zealand Communications Ltd (formerly Econet) is also in the process of rolling out a 3G network, although the rollout has been suffering from numerous delays. The New Zealand market is now approaching saturation and mobile subscriber growth will taper off significantly in 2009. Vodafone has begun to upgrade its HSDPA mobile broadband network capable of significantly faster speeds. Detailed subscriber and revenue statistics including ARPU figures are provided in this report, along with overviews of all the major operators.
