Telecommunications in Italy

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The most important telecommunications in Italy are telephone, radio, television and the Internet.

Telephone companies

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Radio stations

{{main|List of radio stations in Italy}}

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|+ 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

| [https://www.byoblu.com/radio/ www.byoblu.com/radio]

| Commercial; Electronic dance music

| FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.m2o.it www.m2o.it]

| Commercial; Adult Contemporary

| FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S

| [http://www.r101.it www.r101.it]

Radio 105 Network

| Commercial; Rock, Pop, Hip Hop

| [http://www.105.net www.105.net]

| Il Sole 24 Ore

| Commercial; News/Talk

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [http://www.radio24.it www.radio24.it]

| Commercial; Classic Hits/Adult Contemporary

| FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.capital.it www.capital.it]

| FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.deejay.it www.deejay.it]

Radio Dimensione Suono

|

| Commercial; It's also called RDS

| FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S

| [http://www.rds.it www.rds.it]

Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana

| Gruppo Radio Italia

| Cologno Monzese

| Commercial; Italian Hits

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20200109040600/https://www.radioitalia.it/ www.radioitalia.it]

Radio Kiss Kiss

|

| [http://www.kisskiss.it www.kisskiss.it]

| Associazione Radio Maria

| Community; Catholic

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [http://www.radiomaria.it www.radiomaria.it]

Radio Monte Carlo

| Commercial; It's also called RMC

| [http://www.radiomontecarlo.net www.radiomontecarlo.net]

| Community; News/Talk

| FM

| [http://www.radiopopolare.it www.radiopopolare.it]

| Radical Party

| Community; News/Talk

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [http://www.radioradicale.it www.radioradicale.it]

Rai Gr Parlamento

| Public; News/Talk

| [http://www.grparlamento.rai.it www.grparlamento.rai.it]

|

| Public; Traffic and weather news

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [http://www.isoradio.rai.it www.isoradio.rai.it]

| Public; News/Talk; Generalist

| FM, MW, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.raiplayradio.it/radio1 www.raiplayradio.it/radio1]

| Public; Popular music; Entertainment

| FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.raiplayradio.it/radio2 www.raiplayradio.it/radio2]

| Public; Culture; Classical music

| FM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.raiplayradio.it/radio3 www.raiplayradio.it/radio3]

|

| Cologno Monzese (MI)

| FM, DAB, DVB-S

| [http://www.rtl.it www.rtl.it]

Virgin Radio Italia

| Commercial; Rock

| FM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S

| http://www.virginradioitaly.it

Rai Radio Tutta Italiana

| Public; Easy listening music

| DAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.raiplayradio.it/radiotuttaitaliana www.raiplayradio.it/radiotuttaitaliana]

Rai Radio Classica

| Public; Classical music

| DAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S

| [http://www.raiplayradio.it/radioclassica www.raiplayradio.it/radioclassica]

Radio Padania Libera

| Community; News/Talk

| [http://www.radiopadania.info www.radiopadania.info]

Television channels

{{Main|List of television channels in Italy}}

See also: {{section link|RAI|TV channels}}

= RAI – national =

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|+HD Terrestrial channels

!Logo

!Name

!Channel

!Type

!Launched

!Description

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|1 (DTT)

|3 January 1954

|Generalist and family-oriented

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|2 (DTT)

|4 November 1961

|Generalist, catering towards urban audiences

File:Rai_3_HD_-_Logo_2016.svg

|3 (DTT)

|15 December 1979

|Cultural and regional programming

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|21 (DTT)

|14 July 2008

|Youth/urban programming and movies

File:Rai_5_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|523 (DTT, HbbTV)

|26 November 2010

|Arts and culture programming

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|101 (DTT, HbbTV)

|17 June 2016

|Ultra-high-definition (4K) channel

File:Rai_Movie_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|24 (DTT)

|1 July 1999

|Movies

File:Rai_Premium_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|25 (DTT)

|31 July 2003

|Popular fiction and films

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|542 (DTT, HbbTV)

|1 June 2007

|Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14

File:Rai_Yoyo_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|543 (DTT, HbbTV)

|1 November 2006

|Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7

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|48 (DTT)

|26 April 1999

|Non-stop rolling news

File:Rai_Storia_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|54 (DTT)

|2 February 2009

|Documentaries about history and culture

File:Rai_Sport_HD_-_Logo_2023.svg

|58 (DTT)

|14 September 2015

|Sports coverage and related news

File:Rai_Scuola_HD_-_Logo_2017.svg

|57 (DTT)

|19 October 2009

|Documentary, cultural and educational

= RAI – regional =

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!Logo

!Name

!Channel

!Launched

!Language

!Region

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|

|1960

|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

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|1988

|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

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| Rai Südtirol

|3, 808 (DTT)

|1966

|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

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|3, 810 (DTT)

|1995

|Italian and Slovene

|Friuli Venezia Giulia/Furlanija Julijska Krajina

= Mediaset =

See also: Mediaset

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|+ Mediaset Terrestrial channels

!Logo

!Name

!Channel

!Type

!Launched

!Description

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|4, 104, 504 (DTT)

|4 January 1982

|General, High-definition

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|5, 105, 505 (DTT)

|11 November 1980

|General, High-definition

|6, 106, 506 (DTT)

|3 January 1982

|General, High-definition

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|20, 120, 520 (DTT)

|3 April 2018

|TV Series and Sports

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|22, 522 (DTT)

|30 November 2007

|Movies

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|27, 527 (DTT)

|17 January 2022

|Cinema

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|30, 530 (DTT)

|12 March 2010

|Entertainment and Lifestyle

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|34, 534 (DTT)

|20 January 2020

|Cinema

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|35, 535 (DTT)

|17 March 2018

|Documentaries

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|39, 539 (DTT)

|1 June 2013

|Entertainment

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|49, 549 (DTT)

|4 July 2011

|Entertainment and Sports

|51, 551 (DTT)

|28 November 2011

|News

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|Mediaset Extra

|55, 556 (DTT)

|26 November 2010

|General

Internet

{{main|Internet in Italy}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Italy's Mobile and Broadband Internet Speeds |url=https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/italy |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=Speedtest Global Index |language=en}}

Statistics

Telephones - main lines in use:[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/italy/ 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

References

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