Italy - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesItaly is located Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The climate is predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south. The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 26.89 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 78.571 million (2006)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : modern, well developed, fast; fully automated telephone, telex, and data services
Telephone system - domestic : high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks
Telephone system - 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
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios
Radios : 50.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions
Televisions : 30.3 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .it
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 17.702 million (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 93 (Italy and Holy See) (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 32 million (2007)
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