Communication in Australia
Telephone System
General Assesment
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 - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2005)
International Dialing Code
61
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television Broadcast Stations
104 (1997)
Internet Top Level Domain
.au
Internet Users
14,664,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
