| Communications | Italy |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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21.6 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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355 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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82 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,344 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern, well developed, fast; fully automated telephone, telex, and data services
domestic: high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks
international: country code - 39; a series of submarine cables provide links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (with a total of 5 antennas - 3 for Atlantic Ocean and 2 for Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and NA Eutelsat |
Broadcast media:
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two Italian media giants - the publicly-owned Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) with 3 national terrestrial stations and privately-owned Mediaset with 3 national terrestrial stations - dominate; additional broadcasts by a large number of private stations and Sky Italia - a satellite TV network; RAI operates 3 AM/FM nationwide radio stations; some 1,300 commercial radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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610,169 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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13,265 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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6,779,645 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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170,438 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.it |
Internet hosts:
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23.16 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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29.235 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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480 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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