Geographic Region (ITU/UN)
ISO 3166 Code
CX
M49 Code
162
MCC
505
ITU Member
No
ITU-R Region
Overview
The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island is located in the Indian Ocean, around 350 kilometres south of Java and Sumatra and around 1,550 kilometres north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
Australia and its external territories are a member of the ITU and as such follows radio frequency harmonisation principles according to ITU-R Region-3. The regulatory body governing communications policy is the Department of Communications and the Arts, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is charged with regulating the territory's radio frequency spectrum activities such as planning, allocations, and licencing.