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Average cost of local call
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0.11 |
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[34th of 151]
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Cable TV subscribers
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68 |
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[14th of 18]
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Cinema attendance
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80,000,000 |
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[13th of 78]
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Fax machines
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29.37 per 1,000 people |
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[11th of 103]
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Films produced
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16 |
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[37th of 50]
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Households with television > %
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96.28 %
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[15th of 160]
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Mobile phone subscribers
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18,420,000
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[23rd of 198]
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Mobile phones
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63.97 per 100 people |
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[25th of 43]
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Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily
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3,083,000 |
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[17th of 90]
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Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily
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48 |
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[27th of 106]
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Number of PCs
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13,720 |
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[11th of 169]
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Phone subscribers
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1,095.01 |
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[23rd of 178]
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Radio receivers
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25,500,000 |
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[16th of 188]
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Radios
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25,500,000 |
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[16th of 221]
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Telephone system > 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 - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) |
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Television broadcast stations
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104 |
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[7th of 89]
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Television receivers
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10,150,000 |
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[20th of 185]
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Television viewing
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22 hours per person per wee |
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[7th of 13]
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Televisions
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10,150,000 |
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[21st of 215]
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Website defacements
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156 |
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[12th of 129]
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SOURCES: ; OECD Communications Outlook 2005; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; The Information for Development Program; Internet Movie Database 2003; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996); attrition.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
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