Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.368 million (2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 66

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 6.4 million (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 142 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 110

Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems; mobile and P2P services soar; LTE rates some of the fastest in the world; investment and development of infrastructure enable network capabilities to propel the digital economy, digital media sector along with e-government, e-commerce across the country (2016)
domestic: fixed-line 30 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 142 per 100 persons (2016)
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) (2016)

Broadcast media:
state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks and state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations and many regional commercial television and radio stations are available; cable and satellite TV systems are available, as are a range of streaming services, as are a range of streaming services (2018)

Internet country code:
.nz

Internet users:
total: 3,958,642 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 88.5% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 88

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 1.582 million (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 59