Central East Region (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory. parts of northern Victoria) 2,
South East Region (Tasmania, most of Victoria & parts of southern New South Wales) 3, North East Region (Queensland) 7, Central & West Region (South Australia, Northern Territory & Western Australia) 8
Cellular Phone Codes:
Digital GSM Mobile phones 4
Communications: Australia
Telephones - main lines in use:
10.05 million (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.6 million (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: domestic satellite system; much use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile cellular telephones
international: submarine cables to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat (Indian and Pacific Ocean regions) (1998)