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Telephones -
main lines in use | 11.46 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 18.42 million (2005) | | | 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: country code - 61; 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) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 104 (1997) | | | Internet country code | .au | | | Internet users | 14.664 million (2006) | |
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