Telephones - main lines in use 10.05 million (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 8.6 million (2000)

Telephone system
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)

Radio broadcast stations AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 25.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 104 (1997)

Televisions 10.15 million (1997)

Internet country code .au

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 603 (2001)

Internet users 10.06 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.