Communications of Australia
Telephones - main lines in use: | 9.94 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 18.42 million (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: excellent domestic and international service domestic: domestic satellite system; much use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile cellular telephones international: country code - 61; submarine cables to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2005) |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radios: | 25.5 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 104 (1997) |
Televisions: | 10.15 million (1997) |
Internet country code: | .au |
Internet hosts: | 7.773 million (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 571 (2002) |
Internet users: | 14.664 million (2006) |