Telephones - main lines in use:
1.75 million (2008)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.62 million (2008)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems
domestic:
combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 150 per 100 persons
international:
country code - 64; the Southern Cross submarine cable system provides links to Australia, Fiji, and the US; satellite earth stations - 8 (1 Inmarsat - Pacific Ocean, 7 other)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:
41 (plus about 700 repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code:
.nz
Internet hosts:
2.007 million (2009)
Internet users:
3.047 million (2008)
