New Zealand Telecommunications Profile 2001

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)

Radios

3.75 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)

Televisions

1.926 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations

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

Internet country code

.nz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

36 (2000)

Internet users

1.34 million (2000)