Deloitte: $163 billion in economic gain to be realised from digital fibre infrastructure

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#321461 18-Aug-2025 14:26

Fifteen years after the New Zealand Government initiated rollout of the Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative, the fibre network has set the standard for the delivery of significant infrastructure projects and fibre infrastructure investments in New Zealand.

Digital fibre infrastructure isn't just wires and cables. It's the lifeblood of innovation and economic expansion.

This report, developed by Deloitte Access Economics, takes a closer look at the impact of New Zealand’s fibre infrastructure if we act now to unleash its full potential.

Link to full report PDF

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#3405424 18-Aug-2025 19:03

Will Deloitte pay the difference if it doesn't realize $163 billion of gains?

These types of reports are somewhat interesting but when you get involved in developing them you discover they are built of a small kernel of truth with so many assumptions and guesstimates that they are almost worthless. They are largely done for advertising purposes.

Deloitte have an agenda in producing this report, likely they want to sell services to either the government or the LFCs.

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#3405428 18-Aug-2025 19:20

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#3405449 19-Aug-2025 00:37

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Deloitte have an agenda in producing this report

100%! Always look for the bias in anything. These kinds of reports, newspaper articles, political lobbying, everything. They're always there.

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#3405450 19-Aug-2025 04:57

TL;DR

This report is not new or news - it was released in October 2024.

I asked ChatGPT for an Executive Summary of the near 60-page close-typed report:

Here’s an executive summary of the Deloitte report “Unleashing Fibre — The Future of Digital Fibre Infrastructure in New Zealand”:

Executive Summary

• Digital fibre infrastructure in New Zealand has been a resounding success, but its full potential remains untapped. Fully “unleashing” this infrastructure could yield up to NZ $163 billion in economic benefit over the next 10 years.

• To date, the impact has been substantial:

• In 2023 alone, digital fibre added approximately $8.8 billionto New Zealand’s economy through improved productivity.

• From 2011 to 2023, the cumulative economic benefit totaled $31 billion.

• The report uses an advanced economic modeling framework, blending Deloitte Access Economics and OECD methodologies, to assess how fibre enables digital adoption and boosts productivity. This allows attribution of growth directly to the fibre network.

• Looking forward to 2033, maintaining current adoption and productivity levels could leave $17 billion of net present value (NPV) on the table – benefits that could be realized through accelerated adoption and broader use cases.

• The report highlights six key dimensions for unleashing fibre’s future benefits:

1. Reducing digital inequity – increasing access and uptake in underserved communities.

2. Driving innovation via AI and cloud technologies.

3. Enhancing small business digital transformation.

4. Leveraging fibre to grow exports, especially “weightless” digital goods.

5. Empowering government as an early adopter – utilizing open customer data and digital public infrastructure.

6. Ensuring regulatory settings remain fit-for-purpose, incentivizing long-term investment and innovation.

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#3415798 18-Sep-2025 00:20

To the few skeptics I point out its still a better deal then $12 billion for weapons of war

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#3415799 18-Sep-2025 00:22

MichaelNZ:

To the few skeptics I point out its still a better deal then weapons of war.

Well that's a compelling business case.

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#3415809 18-Sep-2025 07:24

MichaelNZ:

To the few skeptics I point out its still a better deal then $12 billion for weapons of war

Wow that is comparing Apples with unicorns

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#3415834 18-Sep-2025 09:18

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Deloitte have an agenda in producing this report, likely they want to sell services to either the government or the LFCs.

At every tuanz or RBI confrence I used to go to, deloitte or anz or asb would send someone along to do a half hour sleepy time presentation with numbers and economics stuff in it, explaining how expanded broadband = economics.

But i dont know what sort of services they would actually sell the government/LFCs or what their motivation actually is to create these reports or do these presentations.

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