在澳大利亚全国600多万户家庭中,96.4％已接有电话线,其每1000人的电话拥有率仅次于美国,排名世界第二。1994年,澳大利亚全国设有880万部电话,比1993年增长3.7％;至1995年6月底,则增长到890万部。全国平均每100人中便拥有51部电话,位于市区中的家庭电话拥有率则为97.5％,比其他地区平均的94.4％高。另就电话使用率来说,澳大利亚仅次于美国排名世界第 Of Australia’s more than 6 million households across the country, 96.4% have telephone lines available, ranking the world’s second behind the United States for every 1,000 people. In 1994, there were 8.8 million telephones in Australia nationwide, an increase of 3.7% over 1993 and up to 8.9 million at the end of June 1995. The national average has 51 phones for every 100 people, while the number of home phones in urban areas is 97.5%, higher than the average of 94.4% in other regions. In terms of phone usage, Australia ranks second only to the United States