Telecommunications in New Zealand
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Communications in New Zealand are fairly typical for an industrialised nation.
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Telephones [edit]
- Country calling code: 64
- The same code is also used to reach Scott Base in Antarctica and the United States base McMurdo Station nearby.
- Mobile phone system:
- Number of mobile connections: 4.7 million (2010)
- Coverage available to approx 97% of the population.
- Operators:
- Fixed-line telephone system:
- Number of fixed line connections: 1.92 million (2000)
- Individual lines available to 99% of residences.
- Operators:
- Telecom New Zealand
- TelstraClear
- Orcon
- Vodafone New Zealand
- Cable and microwave links:
- Domestic:
- optical fibre and microwave links between cities
- submarine optical fibre cables between North Island and South Island.
- International:
- Submarine cables:
- Southern Cross Cable (to Australia and Hawaii)
- TASMAN 2 (Australia-New Zealand)
- PacRimEast or Pacific Rim East (New Zealand-Hawaii)
- Satellite earth stations: 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
- Submarine cables:
- Domestic:
Radio [edit]
- Radio broadcast stations: AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998), 4 on Freeview digital satellite.
- See also: List of radio stations in New Zealand
- Radios: 3.75 million (1997)
Television [edit]
- Television broadcast stations: 41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)
- These transmit 4 nationwide free-to-air networks and a few regional or local single transmitter stations. Analogue to be phased out by end of 2013.
- Digital Satellite pay TV is also available and carries most terrestrial networks.
- Freeview digital free satellite with a dozen SD channels, with SD feeds of the terrestrial HD freeview channels.
- Freeview, free-to-air digital terrestrial HD and SD content.
- Cable TV is available in some urban areas in conjunction with telephone services.
- See also: List of New Zealand television channels
- Televisions: 1.926 million (1997)
Internet [edit]
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 36 (2000)
- Internet users: 2.11 million (2002)
- Country code (Top level domain): .nz
See also: Internet in New Zealand
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ NZ Communications Website – Information about new network being built
- ^ Telecom New Zealand Website – Information about new network being built
- ^ Putt, Sarah (29 September 2011). "CallPlus switches from Vodafone to Telecom for mobile". Computer World. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ Keall, Chris (27 April 2009). "Orcon: mobile launch will be a spring offensive". National Business Review. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "More mobile choices for NZ". Stuff.co.nz. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2003 edition".
This article incorporates External links [edit]
- Video about the lack of competition in NZ mobile market (WMV) produced by TVNZ
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