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STAT Australia United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 10.47 million
Ranked 19th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Australia

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 461.61
Ranked 25th. 4% more than United States
442.8
Ranked 28th.

Landlines 9.37 million
Ranked 24th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Australia
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 45.43
Ranked 22nd. 2% more than United States
44.41
Ranked 23th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2001.09.25 2003.11.24
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price free free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 96.2%
Ranked 6th. 29% more than United States
74.7%
Ranked 9th.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 30.2 million
Ranked 34th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than Australia
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 21.18 million
Ranked 15th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Australia
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 951.6
Ranked 6th. 29% more than United States
740.25
Ranked 9th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 24.34 million
Ranked 42nd.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Australia

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,072.93
Ranked 90th. 11% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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