Australia/Communications
Australia's major telecommunications provider is the government-owned corporation, Telstra (short for Telecom Australia). Other telephone carriers include Optus (owned by Singtel), AAPT (owned by Telecom New Zealand) and Vodafone.
Telephones - main lines in use:
92 million (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.29 million (1998)
Telephone system:
excellent domestic and international service
domestic:
domestic satellite system
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)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
25.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
104 (1997)
Television broadcast networks (metropolitan):
5 (ABC, 7, 9, 10 & SBS)
Cable & Satellite Television Companies
3 (Foxtel, Optus and Austar)
Televisions:
10.15 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
709 (1999)
Country code: AU
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
- See also : Australia
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