Media Stats: compare key data on Australia & South Africa

Definitions

Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Televisions: The total number of televisions
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Television > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Arabsat -
Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems.

Values

“per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.

“sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.

“sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.

“sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.

“ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking.

“nd”, no data.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Radio > Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End: Date when analogue television was completely phased out in different countries.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.

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STAT	Australia	South Africa
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 Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available	the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and international channels; well developed mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; the SABC radio network, state-owned and controlled but nominally independent, operates 18 stations, one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; more than 100 community-based stations extend coverage to rural areas
Households with television	96.28% Ranked 15th. 63% more than South Africa	59.2% Ranked 34th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	253.18 Ranked 30th. 12 times more than South Africa	21.63 Ranked 116th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	82.35 Ranked 24th. Twice as much as South Africa	41 Ranked 102nd.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	814.36 Ranked 26th. 98% more than South Africa	411.77 Ranked 103th.
Internet > Users per 1000	534.83 Ranked 29th. 5 times more than South Africa	108.05 Ranked 81st.
Internet users	15.81 million Ranked 25th. 4 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 54th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>AAP - Australian Associated Press</p> </p>ABC News - public broadcaster's news site</p>	<p>South African Press Association (SAPA)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	682.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 8 times more than South Africa	84.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>ABC - public, operates speech-cultural network Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, youth network Triple J, ABC Classic FM and local services</p> </p>Radio Australia - ABC's external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific</p> </p>SBS Radio - public, multilingual</p>	<p>SABC - state broadcaster with 20 regional and national services in 11 languages, including: national English-language network SAfm; contemporary music station 5 FM; national Afrikaans station Radio Sonder Grense; national Zulu station Ukhozi FM; Sesotho station Lesedi FM</p> </p>Channel Africa - SABC's pan-African external radio</p> </p>YFM - popular Johannesburg commercial R&B, soul and hip-hop station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094861">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	106.19 Ranked 95th.	134.8 Ranked 41st. 27% more than Australia
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,040.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 8% more than South Africa	961.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 43th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>ABC - national, public</p> </p>ABC News 24 - ABC's news TV</p> </p>Australia Network - international channel operated by ABC</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15675260">Full Article</a>	<p>SABC - state broadcaster, operates three national TV networks, two pay-TV channels</p> </p>e.tv - free-to-air, commercial; also operates news network eNCA</p> </p>M-Net - pay-TV, pan-African audience</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	548.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 4 times more than South Africa	127.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 91st.
Televisions per 1000	510.17 Ranked 23th. 4 times more than South Africa	130.11 Ranked 100th.
Personal computers per 1000	681.66 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than South Africa	84.03 Ranked 25th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1	AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	155.07 Ranked 26th. 5 times more than South Africa	29.62 Ranked 57th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 78% more than South Africa	825.13 per 1,000 people Ranked 54th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	550.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 28th. 5 times more than South Africa	108.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 91st.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	461.61 Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than South Africa	78.75 Ranked 132nd.
Televisions	10.15 million Ranked 21st. 69% more than South Africa	6 million Ranked 29th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	477.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 5 times more than South Africa	105.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 80th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	70.78 Ranked 19th. 8 times more than South Africa	8.58 Ranked 125th.
Internet > Internet users	18.13 million Ranked 28th.	20.01 million Ranked 25th. 10% more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	160.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than South Africa	25.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 50th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	120,000 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 136 times more than South Africa	881.5 Mbps Ranked 57th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	5,902.9 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 4th. 310 times more than South Africa	19.01 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 92nd.
Personal computers	13.72 million Ranked 12th. 3 times more than South Africa	3.97 million Ranked 10th.
Television broadcast stations	104 Ranked 7th.	556 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Australia
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	4.15 billion min. Ranked 10th. 3 times more than South Africa	1.25 billion min. Ranked 24th.
Radios per 1000	1,281.7 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	368.63 Ranked 89th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,112.09 Ranked 50th. 18% more than South Africa	941.52 Ranked 76th.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$44.59 billion Ranked 15th. 65% more than South Africa	$27.02 billion Ranked 18th.
Internet > Percent using internet	82.35% Ranked 22nd. Twice as much as South Africa	41% Ranked 102nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	24.49 million Ranked 40th.	64 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Australia
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.38 per capita Ranked 5th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.336 per capita Ranked 84th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	414.16 Ranked 29th. 5 times more than South Africa	87.59 Ranked 123th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	561.91 Ranked 9th. 6 times more than South Africa	100.19 Ranked 87th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>The Sydney Morning Herald - daily</p> </p>Herald Sun - Melbourne-based daily</p> </p>The Australian - national daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15675260">Full Article</a>	<p>The Star - Johannesburg-based daily, city's oldest newspaper</p> </p>The Sowetan - Johannesburg-based tabloid</p> </p>Beeld - largest Afrikaans daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094861">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
Television receivers per 1000	548.14 Ranked 13th. 4 times more than South Africa	127.06 Ranked 88th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	43 Ranked 32nd. 95% more than South Africa	22 Ranked 45th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,160.89 Ranked 14th. 5 times more than South Africa	417.67 Ranked 72nd.
Average cost of local call	0.11 Ranked 26th. 57% more than South Africa	0.07 Ranked 50th.
Internet > Users	11.24 million Ranked 24th. 2 times more than South Africa	5.1 million Ranked 23th.
Internet > Internet penetration	82.3% Ranked 25th. Twice as much as South Africa	41% Ranked 107th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	903.17 Ranked 28th. 26% more than South Africa	719.51 Ranked 47th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,072.93 Ranked 92nd.	1,336.1 Ranked 40th. 25% more than Australia
Telecoms > Telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than South Africa	4.03 million Ranked 41st.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd.	68.39 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Australia
Internet > Internet Service Providers	571 Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	150 Ranked 10th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.74 million Ranked 18th. 5 times more than South Africa	1.11 million Ranked 54th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	10.57 million Ranked 20th. 3 times more than South Africa	4.13 million Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	45.43 Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than South Africa	7.69 Ranked 133th.
Radio receivers per 1000	1,377.11 Ranked 5th. 4 times more than South Africa	335.97 Ranked 83th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	906.1 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th. 25% more than South Africa	724.27 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	520.66 Ranked 9th. 20 times more than South Africa	26.58 Ranked 65th.
Number of PCs per million	681.66 Ranked 6th. 9 times more than South Africa	80.15 Ranked 73th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd.	68.39 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Australia
Radio receivers	25.5 million Ranked 16th. 85% more than South Africa	13.75 million Ranked 26th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	30.2 million Ranked 34th.	59.47 million Ranked 22nd. 97% more than Australia
Television receivers	10.15 million Ranked 20th. 95% more than South Africa	5.2 million Ranked 29th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	5.62 per 1 million people Ranked 24th.	13.59 per 1 million people Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.68$ Ranked 105th.	0.79$ Ranked 86th. 16% more than Australia
Mobile phone subscribers	18.42 million Ranked 23th.	33.96 million Ranked 17th. 84% more than Australia
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)	country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber-optic submarine cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; the EASSy fiber-optic cable system connects with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
Internet > ISP	571 Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Africa	150 Ranked 4th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	103.1 Ranked 31st. 29 times more than South Africa	3.5 Ranked 73th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 3 times more than South Africa	4.03 million Ranked 41st.
Radios	25.5 million Ranked 16th. 50% more than South Africa	17 million Ranked 24th.
Internet > Hosts	11.13 million Ranked 6th. 9 times more than South Africa	1.3 million Ranked 34th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	160.97 Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than South Africa	25.41 Ranked 50th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	5,883.85 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 311 times more than South Africa	18.89 Mbps Ranked 91st.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	49 Ranked 30th. 3 times more than South Africa	18 Ranked 50th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	3.11 million Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa	1.41 million Ranked 32nd.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	9.3% Ranked 46th.	72.73% Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	3.08 million Ranked 17th. 3 times more than South Africa	1.12 million Ranked 30th.
Internet > Top level domain	.au	.za
Television > Total number of channels	6 Ranked 35th. 50% more than South Africa	4 Ranked 42nd.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.062$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 34th.	0.099$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 4th. 60% more than Australia
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	1.93 Ranked 48th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.435 Ranked 71st.
Television > Total number of channels per million people	0.294 Ranked 49th. 3 times more than South Africa	0.0847 Ranked 63th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	154.71 Ranked 27th. 5 times more than South Africa	30.17 Ranked 59th.
Telephone system > Domestic	domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones	combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 140 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
Internet country code	.au	.za
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	163.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 8th. 40 times more than South Africa	4.11 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 113th.
Telephone mainlines	11.46 million Ranked 18th. 2 times more than South Africa	4.73 million Ranked 27th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	213.77 min. Ranked 21st. 8 times more than South Africa	27.47 min. Ranked 80th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	103.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd. 29 times more than South Africa	3.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 73th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	22.82$/month Ranked 85th.	63.21$/month Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Australia
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	213.77 min. per capita Ranked 19th. 8 times more than South Africa	27.6 min. per capita Ranked 78th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	90.7% Ranked 14th. 3 times more than South Africa	27.27% Ranked 58th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,433.94$ per capita Ranked 12th. 5 times more than South Africa	537.47$ per capita Ranked 31st.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$2,038.48 Ranked 18th. 4 times more than South Africa	$547.80 Ranked 34th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	22.12 million Ranked 33th.	45 million Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Australia
Internet > Broadband subscribers	2.1 million Ranked 14th. 13 times more than South Africa	165,290 Ranked 48th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	28.7 Ranked 20th. 9 times more than South Africa	3.25 Ranked 64th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	48 Ranked 27th. 3 times more than South Africa	16 Ranked 44th.
Internet > IP addresses	47.57 million Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Africa	20.39 million Ranked 20th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	21.51 Ranked 41st.	163.51 Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Australia
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	159000000	6586000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	23.98 Ranked 19th. 28 times more than South Africa	0.87 Ranked 105th.
Number of PCs	13,720 Ranked 11th. 4 times more than South Africa	3,740 Ranked 26th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	461.61 Ranked 25th. 6 times more than South Africa	78.75 Ranked 138th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	21.18 million Ranked 15th. 67% more than South Africa	12.7 million Ranked 21st.
Television broadcast stations per million	5.62 Ranked 28th.	13.59 Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Australia
Radio > Total number of channels	70 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than South Africa	19 Ranked 30th.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions	130.5 Ranked 5th. 26 times more than South Africa	5 Ranked 46th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	97 Ranked 26th.	261 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Australia
Internet > TLD	.au	.za
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	103.21 Ranked 56th. 12% more than South Africa	92.23 Ranked 74th.
Internet > Livejournal users	34,142 Ranked 5th. 50 times more than South Africa	682 Ranked 37th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	11,986 Ranked 6th. 11 times more than South Africa	1,104 Ranked 26th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.15 Ranked 17th. 18 times more than South Africa	0.119 Ranked 47th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	48 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than South Africa	6 Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	19.89 Ranked 31st.	96.14 Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Australia
Telecommunications > Country calling code	61	27
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2001.09.25	2006.11.10
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,465.08 Ranked 16th. 79% more than South Africa	819.71 Ranked 56th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	96.2% Ranked 6th. 4 times more than South Africa	26% Ranked 62nd.
E-Government rating	58.3 Ranked 6th. 39% more than South Africa	42 Ranked 80th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	96% Ranked 36th. The same as South Africa	96% Ranked 35th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	2.51 Ranked 38th. 7 times more than South Africa	0.364 Ranked 69th.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	83.33% Ranked 16th. 11% more than South Africa	75% Ranked 19th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	584.09 per 1 million people Ranked 12th. 25 times more than South Africa	23.3 per 1 million people Ranked 74th.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people	3.43 Ranked 25th. 9 times more than South Africa	0.403 Ranked 61st.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.0981 Number Ranked 39th. 5 times more than South Africa	0.0212 Number Ranked 46th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	9.37 million Ranked 24th. 2 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 35th.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	0.76% Ranked 62nd.	16.67% Ranked 20th. 22 times more than Australia
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions	99.24% Ranked 8th. 19% more than South Africa	83.33% Ranked 49th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	5.06 Ranked 38th.	5.93 Ranked 36th. 17% more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	5.06 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.	5.93 per 1 million people Ranked 36th. 17% more than Australia
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1,696.29 Ranked 15th. 116 times more than South Africa	14.61 Ranked 119th.
Internet > Linux web servers	633 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than South Africa	85 Ranked 20th.
Website defacements	156 Ranked 12th. 6% more than South Africa	147 Ranked 14th.
Website defacements per million	8.04 Ranked 20th. 2 times more than South Africa	3.27 Ranked 49th.
Internet > Linux web servers per million	32.61 Ranked 6th. 17 times more than South Africa	1.89 Ranked 56th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	0.53% Ranked 100th.	9.77% Ranked 85th. 18 times more than Australia
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 3 times more than South Africa	0.764 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	563.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 6 times more than South Africa	100.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 86th.
Internet servers using encryption	26,517 Ranked 6th. 13 times more than South Africa	1,994 Ranked 25th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	1,212.21 Ranked 7th. 30 times more than South Africa	40.43 Ranked 68th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	54800000000	87342000000
Music sales > Singles > Millions	1.4 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than South Africa	0.5 Ranked 8th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.43 Ranked 70th. 6 times more than South Africa	0.386 Ranked 128th.
Royalties and fees	$17.90 Ranked 17th. 13 times more than South Africa	$1.40 Ranked 31st.
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	Planned 2010	1 November 2008
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	January 1, 2001	March, 2006
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End	2013	1/11/2011
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	2 Number Ranked 32nd. Twice as much as South Africa	1 Number Ranked 44th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	19.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 31st.	96.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Australia
Internet > IP addresses (share)	1.1 Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Africa	0.5 Ranked 21st.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	21.61 Ranked 45th. 3 times more than South Africa	6.73 Ranked 66th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	2.51 per 1 million people Ranked 37th. 7 times more than South Africa	0.364 per 1 million people Ranked 68th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	381,000 Ranked 25th.	4.23 million Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Australia
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.224 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 14th. 3 times more than South Africa	0.076 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 89th.
Telephone lines	9.37 million Ranked 21st. 2 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 31st.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.14 million Ranked 16th. 12 times more than South Africa	426,000 Ranked 56th.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	10.05% Ranked 25th. 15% more than South Africa	8.76% Ranked 35th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	1.45% Ranked 63th.	1.61% Ranked 60th. 11% more than Australia
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Idol_2003">Season 1, 2003</a> : Guy Sebastian <br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Idol_2004">Season 2, 2004</a> : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Donovan_%28singer%29">Casey Donovan</a> <br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Idol_2005">Season 3, 2005</a> : Kate DeAraugo <br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Idol_2006">Season 4, 2006</a> : Damien Leith <br> Season 5, 2007 : Auditions in progress	Season 1, 2002 : Heinz Winckler <br> Season 2, 2003 : Anke Pietrangeli <br> Season 3, 2005 : Karin Kortje <br> Season 4, 2006 : Dewald Louw
Internet > ISP per million	29.06 Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than South Africa	3.34 Ranked 10th.
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Series Premiere	March 5 2006	July 2006
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	43.72 Ranked 28th. 5 times more than South Africa	9.07 Ranked 123th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	45.69 Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than South Africa	7.94 Ranked 130th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	30.47$/month Ranked 10th. 34% more than South Africa	22.74$/month Ranked 27th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	951.6 Ranked 6th. 4 times more than South Africa	261.28 Ranked 62nd.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	1.6$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 125th.	3.68$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 90th. 2 times more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.035$ per 1 million people Ranked 97th. 2 times more than South Africa	0.017$ per 1 million people Ranked 92nd.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	18.57% Ranked 73th. 76% more than South Africa	10.56% Ranked 101st.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	19.1% Ranked 77th. 52% more than South Africa	12.58% Ranked 104th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	21.32% Ranked 88th. 1% more than South Africa	21.07% Ranked 89th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	530.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 20 times more than South Africa	26.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 78th.
World music market > Digital Singles Sales Share in 2005	0.48%	< 0.1%
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$2.21 billion Ranked 23th. 5 times more than South Africa	$453.91 million Ranked 36th.
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1997	1997
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL I
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 78% more than South Africa	825.13 per 1,000 people Ranked 54th.
Telephone system > Regulation	1992	1997
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	11.18 per 100 mainlines Ranked 27th.	48.2 per 100 mainlines Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Australia
Telephone subscribers	29.88 million Ranked 19th.	38.69 million Ranked 15th. 29% more than Australia
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	1/1/2001	2006-03
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	18.33$/month Ranked 29th. 38% more than South Africa	13.26$/month Ranked 63th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	506.24 Ranked 39th.	725.35 Ranked 15th. 43% more than Australia
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.71% GDP Ranked 17th.	5.73% GDP Ranked 16th. About the same as Australia
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL I
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	25.06 Ranked 31st. 11 times more than South Africa	2.18 Ranked 117th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,724.46 Ranked 12th. 21 times more than South Africa	83.75 Ranked 75th.
Phone subscribers	1,095.01 Ranked 23th. 3 times more than South Africa	364.32 Ranked 66th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	579.09 Ranked 12th. 25 times more than South Africa	23.13 Ranked 72nd.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	435 Ranked 19th. 39% more than South Africa	314 Ranked 23th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	29.07 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Africa	3.35 per 1 million people Ranked 9th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,072.93 Ranked 90th.	1,336.1 Ranked 41st. 25% more than Australia
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	7.14% Ranked 40th.	26.32% Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	433,000 Ranked 29th.	7.63 million Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Australia
Phone system > International dialling code	+61	+27

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