Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.85 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 62

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 5.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 116 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 116

Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 150 per 100 persons
international: country code - 64; the Southern Cross submarine cable system provides links to Australia, Fiji, and the US; satellite earth stations - 8 (1 Inmarsat - Pacific Ocean, 7 other) (2011)

Broadcast media:
state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks and state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations and many regional commercial television and radio stations are available; cable and satellite TV systems are available (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
41 (plus about 700 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.nz

Internet hosts:
3.026 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 91.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 77