Australia Communications 2007, CIA World Factbook




Australia Communications 2007 https://allcountries.org/wfb2007/australia/australia_communications.html SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
9.94 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
19.76 million (2006)

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; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to New Zealand and the United States; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
104 (1997)

Internet country code:
.au

Internet hosts:
9.458 million (2007)

Internet users:
15.3 million (2006)

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