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Telephones - main lines in use:
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9.76 million (2007)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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21.26 million (2007)
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Telephone system:
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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 cellular 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)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television broadcast stations:
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104 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.au
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Internet hosts:
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11.134 million (2008)
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Internet users:
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11.24 million (2007)
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