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.