Mobile communications in Australia - statistics & facts
Australia has a relatively strong telecommunications network with a wide range of infrastructure in place enabling individuals and businesses to communicate across the country. Telecommunications is the transmission of information through technology over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. In a practical sense, it allows people to communicate through telephone services, be informed or entertained via radio and television networks, and perform many activities using the internet. A vital industry segment is mobile communications, which uses mobile networks through cellular technologies. The total number of mobile phone connections in Australia was around 32 million.