The most important telecommunications in Italy are telephone, radio, television and the Internet.
Telephone companies
Acantho Aexis Alcotek Alltre Incu Lars AT3 Hybrid (only in Bergamo) Blu Brennercom (coverage only in South Tyrol, Trentino and Northern Italy) BT Budget Telecom Cdc 1085 ClickTel Colt Telecom Digitel EasyTel EcsNet Elemedia Elitel Energit Eurotime Communication Eutelia Fastweb FreeLine ho-mobile Iliad Intred Kena Mobile Leadercom Linkem LTS (coverage in Sicily) Messagenet Millecom Mobaila Momax Nodalis Noicom OlimonTel Orobiacom Plugit Selet Telecomunicazioni Tag Comunicazioni TIM Tibis Communication Tiscali Unidata Very Mobile Vodafone Wind Tre
Radio stations
+ Radio stations in Italy Name Owner Location Notes Transmission Website Radio Byoblu libera e indipendente Byoblu Edizioni S.r.l.s Worldwide Public; News/Talk; Popular music Streaming online www.byoblu.com/radio m2o Elemedia Rome Commercial; Electronic dance music FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S www.m2o.it R101 Mediaset Milan Commercial; Adult Contemporary FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S www.r101.it Radio 105 Network Mediaset Milan Commercial; Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop FM, DVB-S www.105.net Radio 24 Il Sole 24 Ore Milan Commercial; News/Talk FM, DAB, DVB-S www.radio24.it Radio Capital Elemedia Rome Commercial; Classic Hits/Adult Contemporary FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S www.capital.it Radio DeeJay Elemedia Milan Commercial FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S www.deejay.it Radio Dimensione Suono Rome Commercial; It's also called RDS FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S www.rds.it Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana Gruppo Radio Italia Cologno Monzese Commercial; Italian Hits FM, DAB, DVB-S www.radioitalia.it Radio Kiss Kiss Naples Commercial FM, DVB-S www.kisskiss.it Radio Maria Associazione Radio Maria Erba(CO) Community; Catholic FM, DAB, DVB-S www.radiomaria.it Radio Monte Carlo Mediaset Milan Commercial; It's also called RMC FM, DVB-S www.radiomontecarlo.net Radio Popolare cooperative Rome Community; News/Talk FM www.radiopopolare.it Radio Radicale Radical Party Rome Community; News/Talk FM, DAB, DVB-S www.radioradicale.it Rai Gr Parlamento RAI Rome Public; News/Talk FM, DVB-S www.grparlamento.rai.it Rai Isoradio RAI Public; Traffic and weather news FM, DAB, DVB-S www.isoradio.rai.it Rai Radio 1 RAI Rome Public; News/Talk; Generalist FM, MW, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S www.raiplayradio.it/radio1 Rai Radio 2 RAI Rome Public; Popular music; Entertainment FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S www.raiplayradio.it/radio2 Rai Radio 3 RAI Rome Public; Culture; Classical music FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S www.raiplayradio.it/radio3 RTL 102.5 Cologno Monzese (MI) Commercial FM, DAB, DVB-S www.rtl.it Virgin Radio Italia Mediaset Milan Commercial; Rock FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S http://www.virginradioitaly.it Rai Radio Tutta Italiana RAI Rome Public; Easy listening music DAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S www.raiplayradio.it/radiotuttaitaliana Rai Radio 3 Classica RAI Rome Public; Classical music DAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S www.raiplayradio.it/radioclassica Radio Padania Libera Lega Nord Varese Community; News/Talk DAB, DVB-S www.radiopadania.info
Television channels
See also:
RAI – national In high definition and ultra definition +RAI Terrestrial channelsLogoNameTypeLaunchedDescriptionRai 1Free-to-air3 January 1954Generalist and family-orientedRai 2Free-to-air4 November 1961Generalist, catering towards urban audiencesRai 3Free-to-air15 December 1979Cultural and regional programmingRai 4Free-to-air14 July 2008Youth/urban programming and moviesRai 5Free-to-air26 November 2010Arts and culture programmingRai 4KFree-to-air17 June 2016Ultra-high-definition (4K) channelRai MovieFree-to-air1 July 1999MoviesRai PremiumFree-to-air31 July 2003Popular fiction and filmsRai GulpFree-to-air1 June 2007Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14Rai YoyoFree-to-air1 November 2006Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7Rai News 24Free-to-air26 April 1999Non-stop rolling newsRai StoriaFree-to-air2 February 2009Documentaries about history and cultureRai SportFree-to-air14 September 2015Sports coverage and related newsItalianaFree-to-air1 October 2026Documentary, cultural and cuisine
RAI – regional LogoNameLaunchedLanguageRegion1960ItalianTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolRai Ladinia1988LadinTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Rai Südtirol1966GermanTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 1995Italian and SloveneFriuli Venezia Giulia/Furlanija Julijska Krajina
Mediaset See also: Mediaset + Mediaset Terrestrial channelsLogoNameTypeLaunchedDescriptionRete 4Free-to-air4 January 1982General, High-definitionCanale 5Free-to-air11 November 1980General, High-definitionItalia 1Free-to-air3 January 1982General, High-definition20Free-to-air3 April 2018TV Series and SportsIrisFree-to-air30 November 2007MoviesTwentysevenFree-to-air17 January 2022CinemaLa5Free-to-air12 March 2010Entertainment and LifestyleCine34Free-to-air20 January 2020CinemaFocusFree-to-air17 March 2018DocumentariesTop CrimeFree-to-air1 June 2013EntertainmentItalia 2Free-to-air4 July 2011Entertainment and SportsTGcom24Free-to-air28 November 2011NewsMediaset ExtraFree-to-air26 November 2010General
Internet
The Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Italy is .it and is sponsored by National Research Council. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. Currently Internet access is available to businesses and home users in various forms, including dial-up, fiber, cable, DSL and wireless.
According to netindex.com, the Italian average for fixed connections is below the global average (96.98 Mbit/s download and 51.28 Mbit/s Up) with an average speed of 79.62 Mbit/s download and 31.41 Mbit/s in upload.
Statistics Telephones - main lines in use:CIA World Fact Book 19.52 million (2019) Telephones - mobile cellular: 79.48 million (2019) Telephone system: well-developed, fully automated telephone and data services domestic: high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks international: 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; 21 submarine cables. Radio broadcast stations: AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998) Radios: 50.5 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995) Televisions: 30.5 million (1997) Internet hosts: 22.152 million (2009) Internet users: 24.992 million (2008) Country code (Top-level domain): .it
See also Media of Italy
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