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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Australian Dollar
Currency Symbol: AUD
Telephone System: 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 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 - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2007)
Population: 22,507,617 (July 2014 est.)
Telephones - Main Lines In Use: 10.47 million (2012)
Telephones - Mobile Cellular: 24.4 million (2012)