!!!Australia: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 9.08 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 40 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||Telephones - mobile cellular|''total'': 31.77 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 140 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||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 NZ and the US; satellite earth stations - 10 (2015) \\ 
||Broadcast media|the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadc (2008)
||Internet country code|.au
||Internet users|''total'': 19.238 million \\ ''percent of population'': 84.6% (July 2015 est.) \\