Australia |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
10.05 million (2000)
|
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
8.6 million (2000) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
104 (1997) |
| Internet
country code |
.au |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
571 (2002) |
| Internet
users |
10.63 million (2002) |
| Railways |
total: 41,588 km (4,612 km electrified)
broad gauge: 2,193 km 1.600-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,456 km 1.067-m gauge
dual gauge: 291 km dual gauge (2002)
standard gauge: 23,648 km 1.435-m gauge |
| Highways |
total: 811,603 km
paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways)
unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways |
8,368 km (mainly used by small,
shallow-draft craft) |
| Ports
and harbors |
Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin,
Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania),
Launceston (Tasmania), Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville
|
| Merchant
marine |
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or
over) 1,415,810 GRT/1,806,554 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a
flag of convenience: France 2, UK 2, US 14 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 6, chemical tanker 3, combination
bulk 1, container 2, liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum
tanker 7, roll on/roll off 6 |
| Airports |
444 (2002) |
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