Product Consultation February 2019 - Chorus Service Providers
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Product Consultation February 2019
Contents Working together 3 Market insights 4 Where our ideas come from 5 Products we are committed to deliver 6 7 Product ideas for consideration 9 Sharing your feedback 11 Consultation timeline 12 Appendix 13 2
Working together We recognise your needs are changing and are likely to evolve moving forward. That is why we are focused on understanding your needs, and your customers. We are excited to propose a new way of working with you to make sure you’re part of the product development journey. To support this we are launching an ongoing consultation programme that will allow us to collaborate with you and build a future product roadmap that is meaningful to both of us. Now is the time to share your feedback and tell us if the products and services that we are proposing will help you grow your business and meet your customer requirements. 3
Chorus market insight (macro) Positive market drivers More dwellings New use cases 38K per year, forecast 2019-23 Average building consents 62% video on demand services Of households subscribe to Growing New IoT need for Greater usage connectivity 113m forecast for 2025 IoT connectivity revenue 1.5x usage in 2 years Increase in household data Over 3/4s of people think the Fibre ready internet is an important part of their lives Higher speed 550K 529K are connected Chorus installed ONTs of which 48% now have fibre Homes and businesses Source: Dwellings - MBIE national construction pipeline report, IoT – Analysys Mason presentation, SVOD - NZ OnAir Audience research, Data usage – ComCom annual telco report, Fibre uptake – MBIE UFB progress report Sep 2018 4
Where our ideas come from RSPs Chorus Market International Vendors Customer Strategy and Research Trends Requests Roadmap 5
Products we are committed to deliver We are committed to deliver the following products to you and your customers in phases over the next few months. CONSUMER BUSINESS NETWORKS 3rd Generation ONT Phase 1 MAR 18 MARCH 2019 10GPON trial Premium 18 MARCH – Colocation APR 1 DECEMBER 2019 APRIL 2019 Technology M AY lifecycle upgrade following global Bitstream 4 supply trend Premium Colocation JUN Kiwi’s will be able 1G glass only (soft launch) offers JUNE 2019 edge compute to test the world’s fastest residential capable environment JUL broadband Businesscustomers AUG will be able to order a NGA Tail glass only service. SEPT Extension JUNE 2019 It will allow you to map OCT any NGA service in the country to a UFB handover in main NOV centres like Auckland DEC 6
Top product ideas
Top product ideas We have developed a range of top ideas based on market research, international trends and vendor insights. We believe they present an exciting opportunity for us to optimise our current portfolio and continue to innovate. CONSUMER BUSINESS NETWORKS 10GPON Launch Small Business Fibre Backhaul Improvements 10G bitstream 4 Flexible Real time broadband activation Handover diversity LAN as a service Mobile Fronthaul Open access gateway 8 Please refer to the appendix for description and benefits of the top product ideas
Product ideas for consideration
Product ideas for consideration These are our second most favourite ideas and we would like to understand what you think. CONSUMER BUSINESS NETWORKS Bandwidth on demand Handover Speed story utilisation reporting WiFi remote access Power over Ethernet Multiple primary offers on ONT Premium fibre installation Business ONTs WPON 13 Please refer to the appendix for description and benefits of the product ideas for consideration
Share your feedback What are your options? • If you are someone that would like to read, digest, discuss internally and email us your thoughts then online form is designed for you • If you prefer to discuss with us to ask questions, go through ideas in a workshop 1 3 style, then get in touch with your account team to organise this • Review this pack Provide feedback via • If it is a combination of bit of both, • Read our consultation online form or/& request we welcome this option too. paper for more for a catch up with our While providing feedback, we recommend information account & product team you follow the rating mechanism we have 2 developed on our consultation form to help us to understand your priorities in a Discuss with your teams consistent manner. what new or enhanced At the end of this consultation process, we products & services would would like to agree with you on a robust make the biggest difference and prioritised future products roadmap. to your performance 17
Consultation timeline 2019 CONSULTATION JA N FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AU G SEP OCT N OV DEC PHASE 1 PHASE 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. Products consultation & Feedback open for RSPs Consolidate FY20 Internal planning on ideas for Feedback open Repeat step FY21 Roadmap Consultation & context paper released feedback Roadmap the next round for RSPs published to the 1) Online submission context paper published to industry Prioritise ideas released 1) Online 2) Workshop meeting where the industry based on submission 28 feasible February feedback. 2) Face to face Share feedback 1st week meetings where analysis with of June feasible Dialogue RSPs events Internal approvals Get ready to Dialogue publish roadmap events Mid 15 April End of March May WHAT’S HAPPENING? • Process repeats annually, tied in with capital cycles. • Quarterly updates to show what we have delivered and what’s coming. • Dialogue events provide opportunity to share information both ways. • The proposed timeline is an indication only at this point in time. 18
Appendix
Top product ideas CONSUMER BUSINESS 10GPON Open access Real time Flexible Launch gateway activation Broadband DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Launch of high speed broadband Activate ONT open access gateway Allow end customer to select a service A customer should be able to choose to consumers & businesses. function and provide Service Providers provider on a website where there is when they can activate broadband at with remote management access to already a fibre intact connection and a time i.e. the customer only need to configure and manage it as an RGW. get connected quickly in mins, rather access a Service Provider activation This is a dependency for home WiFi. than hours. website where they can buy x days broadband at a time. Useful in baches/holiday areas. BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS Can offer very high speed broadband Reduced CAPEX and OPEX by Make it easy to get broadband if Customers don’t have to pay for service for technology early adopters removing the two-device model. they are moving into a premises has broadband all year around when they or bandwidth-hungry customers. Simpler installation with less points previously had fibre installed. only need it for short periods, such as of failure or integration issues. holiday homes. 14
Top product ideas BUSINESS Small Business Fibre 10G Bitstream 4 LAN as a service DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Launch of a Bitstream 2 plan with a 10Gbps access for bitstream Extend high speed fibre superior assure experience that can 4, supporting up to 10Gbps connectivity directly to individual be applied to entry level business high or low bandwidth. CPE. Creates very flexible LAN fibre services. and WANs without the need for local active infrastructure and associated support. BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS Allows customers to get a service Ability to offer fast high quality Reduced infrastructure costs. that meets their operational business service. High speed, high Creates the ability to create highly requirements without having to buy performing WAN connections that flexible cloud-based local and a premium service that may be over- meet current and future needs. wide area network solutions that engineered for their needs. can be reconfigured to meet fluctuating business demand. 15
Top product ideas NETWORK Backhaul Mobile Handover improvements fronthaul diversity DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Reduced infrastructure costs. An optimised fibre backhaul Use multi chassis-LAG to allow Creates the ability to create highly service for 5G access points. handovers to be split across exchanges. flexible cloud-based local and wide area network solutions that can be reconfigured to meet fluctuating business demand. BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS Economical and fit-for-purpose Cost effective backhaul for 5G Service continuity during upgrades, brand infrastructure to adapt to their networks. Wider 5G coverage protection for failure scenarios. More business needs. to complement fibre. reliable service with less risk of outages. 16
Product ideas for consideration CONSUMER BUSINESS Bandwidth on Multiple primary WPON demand offers on ONT DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Ability to dynamically change Remove constraint on multiple It is a wireless technology that service bandwidth in near-real- primary offers on same ONT. uses the 802.11ad standard. time using API calls with no service disruption. More speed options for Bitstream 2/3/3a. BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS You can choose bandwidth you want Allows new service to be stood up and Potential to solve the challenge to offer, rather than one size fits all. tested before old service is removed. of connecting customers in multi Customers get the bandwidth they Can retain multiple services where needed. dwelling units, right of way and normally require, but can boost Simplifies network configuration by business parks more easily. it higher if they need to, without reusing existing BNG configurations. Much disrupting their experience. better experience and service continuity when upgrading service or changing service provider. Avoids unnecessary ONT installations or service interruptions. 17
Product ideas for consideration CONSUMER Premium Speed story fibre installation DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Web, video and written collateral Allow fibre installation outside and supporting information to of the typical hours. guide customer conversations around speed. BENEFITS BENEFITS Allows you to manage end user Customers will choose at their expectations and discourage churn. convenience when they need to Enables end customers to have be home to get connected to fibre. the right expectations and to make informed choices about speed. 18
Product ideas for consideration BUSINESS NETWORK Handover Power over WiFi remote access Business ONTs utilisation Ethernet reporting DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Distributed WiFi subscriber service Business ONTs with different numbers Utilise ONTs capable of providing Provide handover utilisation reports allows multiple RSPs to offer a WiFi of ports and business features, such as power over Ethernet, primarily for that predict when handovers will service over a shared WiFi access power over Ethernet UNIs. supporting WiFi access points for congest, based on our congestion with 802.1x authorisation. business. free network policy. BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS Provide secure access from any Ability to offer differentiated services Simplifies premises wiring for business Ensure customer experience isn’t Chorus WiFi access to cloud to business customers, including data WiFi access points for business accidentally degraded. Congestion infrastructure. Extend WAN centres and smart locations. More customers by avoiding separate power. free broadband experience. solutions to employee homes. choice and solutions tailored to meet Improves business WiFi. their business needs. 19
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