Learn and talk about Telecommunications in New Zealand, Use British English from August 2011, Communications in New Zealand

Communications in New Zealand are fairly typical for an industrialised nation.

1 Telephones
2 Radio
3 Television
4 Internet
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Telephones

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:
  - 2degrees (operating GSM and UMTS)^[1]
  - Telecom New Zealand (phasing out CDMA EV-DO and operating UMTS HSDPA)^[2]
    - MVNO:TelstraClear, DigitalIsland [1], CallPlus/Slingshot,^[3]
  - Vodafone New Zealand (operating GSM and UMTS HSDPA).
    - MVNO:Compass [2], Black+White [3], Orcon,^[4] M2^[5]
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)

[edit] Radio

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)

[edit] Television

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)

[edit] Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 36 (2000)
Internet users: 2.11 million (2002)
Country code (Top level domain): .nz

[edit] See also

Economy of New Zealand

[edit] References

^ 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. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/callplus-switches-from-vodafone-to-telecom-for-mobile. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
^ Keall, Chris (27 April 2009). "Orcon: mobile launch will be a spring offensive". National Business Review. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/orcon-mobile-launch-will-be-a-spring-offensive-101664. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
^ "More mobile choices for NZ". Stuff.co.nz. 8 September 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/617720. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2003 edition".

[edit] External links

Video about the lack of competition in NZ mobile market (WMV) produced by TVNZ

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v t e Telecommunications in Africa

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v t e Telecommunications in Asia

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Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Other entities	European Union

v t e Telecommunications in North America

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v t e Telecommunications in Oceania

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Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

v t e Telecommunications in South America

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Contents

[edit] Telephones

[edit] Radio

[edit] Television

[edit] Internet

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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