| Communications | Australia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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9.76 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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460 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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21.26 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,000 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: domestic satellite system; significant 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:
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AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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81,156 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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61,631 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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21,262,641 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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104 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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204,449 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.au |
Internet hosts:
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11.134 million (2008) |
Internet users:
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11.24 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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529 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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