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| Communications | Australia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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10.05 million (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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8.6 million (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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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: submarine cables to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat (Indian and Pacific Ocean regions) (1998) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Radios:
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25.5 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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104 (1997) |
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Televisions:
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10.15 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.au |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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571 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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10.63 million (2002) |
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