Italy: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 20,236,305 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 92.52 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 150 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | 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 (2015) |
Broadcast media | two Italian media giants dominate - the publicly owned Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) with 3 national terrestrial stations and privately owned Mediaset with 3 national terrestrial stations; a large number of private stations and Sky Italia - a satellite (2007) |
Internet country code | .it |
Internet users | total: 40.559 million percent of population: 65.6% (July 2015 est.) |