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General assessment: excellent domestic and international service
Domestic: domestic satellite system, significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones
International: country code - 61, landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to New Zealand and the United States; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat, 2 Globalstar, 5 other) (2007)