| Communications | Australia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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8.66 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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398 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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22.5 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,034 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 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) |
Broadcast media:
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the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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83,080 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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63,092 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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21,766,711 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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104 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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209,296 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.au |
Internet hosts:
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13.361 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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15.81 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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727 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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