Short facts about communications in New Zealand

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.84 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

588,000 (1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  excellent domestic and international systems domestic:  NA international:  submarine cables to Australia and Fiji; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

3.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

1.926 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.nz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

36 (2000)

Internet users:

1.34 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook