Communication in Italy
Telephone System
General Assesment
Modern, well developed, fast; fully automated telephone, telex, and data services.
Domestic
High-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks.
International
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.
International Dialing Code
39
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)
Television Broadcast Stations
358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Internet Top Level Domain
.it
Internet Users
28,855,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
