Australia - Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Australia was 27,453,000.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 27,640,000.00 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 4,423.00
1988 31,622.00
1989 94,529.00
1990 184,943.00
1991 291,459.00
1992 497,000.00
1993 690,000.00
1994 1,220,000.00
1995 2,242,000.00
1996 3,990,000.00
1997 4,578,000.00
1998 4,918,000.00
1999 6,315,000.00
2000 8,562,000.00
2001 11,132,000.00
2002 12,670,000.00
2003 14,347,000.00
2004 16,480,000.00
2005 18,420,000.00
2006 19,760,000.00
2007 21,260,000.00
2008 22,120,000.00
2009 22,200,000.00
2010 22,500,000.00
2011 23,789,000.00
2012 24,338,000.00
2013 24,940,000.00
2014 25,060,000.00
2015 25,770,000.00
2016 26,551,000.00
2017 26,660,000.00
2018 27,640,000.00
2019 27,535,000.00
2020 27,453,000.00

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in Australia was 107.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 111.01 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.03
1988 0.19
1989 0.57
1990 1.09
1991 1.70
1992 2.86
1993 3.92
1994 6.85
1995 12.46
1996 21.94
1997 24.90
1998 26.46
1999 33.61
2000 45.08
2001 58.00
2002 65.30
2003 73.11
2004 82.90
2005 91.29
2006 96.27
2007 101.64
2008 103.69
2009 102.07
2010 101.56
2011 105.55
2012 106.26
2013 107.25
2014 106.20
2015 107.68
2016 109.43
2017 108.44
2018 111.01
2019 109.25
2020 107.66

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications