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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 20
10.54 million (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 40
24.49 million (2011)
Telephone system
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
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) Internet country code
.au
Internet hosts World Ranking: 7
16.952 million (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 25
15.81 million (2009)
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