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Communications Service Availability in Australia 2005–06

Media release

  • MR 136/2007 - Availability of communications services increasing around Australia

 

 

November 2006

This is a report by ACMA about the availability of communications services in Australia. It provides an update to the Telecommunications Services Availability in Australia Report 2004–05, which was released in November 2005. The report highlights the changes in service availability occurring in the 2005–06 year, and provides analysis of the availability of internet services, voice services, broadcast services, and consumer demand for content and applications.
 

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Entire Report 1.9 mb 1.3 mb
Contents and Introduction 277 kb 242 kb
Chapter 1 - Data networks and services 537 kb 555 kb
Chapter 2 - Voice services 210 kb 240 kb
Chapter 3 - Broadcast services 838 kb 277 kb
Chapter 4 - Content and applications 69 kb 116 kb
Appendixes and Glossary 118 kb 133 kb

 

Availability Maps

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Population density by local government area 253 kb 1.3 mb
Availability of ADSL services, 30 June 2006 223 kb 165 kb
Availability of ADSL2+ services, 30 June 2006 184 kb 132 kb
3G Mobile coverage, 30 June 2006 and 30 October 2006 248 kb 919 kb
HiBIS/Broadband Connect-subsidised wireless broadband services, June 2006 114 kb 83 kb
HiBIS/Broadband Connect-subsidised ADSL-enabled exchanges, June 2006 187 kb 142 kb
Combined GSM mobile coverage (Optus, Telstra, Vodafone), 30 June 2006 146 kb 109 kb
Combined CDMA coverage (‘3 CDMA’ and Telstra), 30 June 2006 177 kb 536 kb
Commercial television services in Australia by licence area, June 2006 227 kb 212 kb
Commercial radio services in Australia by licence area, June 2006 189 kb 174 kb

 

 

Last update: 20 August 2012 18:24