New Zealand: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 1.85 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 5.6 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 126 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 160 per 100 persons international: country code - 64; the Southern Cross submarine cable system provides links to Australia, Fiji, and the US; satellite earth stations - 8 (1 Inmarsat - Pacific Ocean, 7 other) (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks and state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations a (2008) |
Internet country code | .nz |
Internet users | total: 3.916 million percent of population: 88.2% (July 2015 est.) |