# Telecommunications in Italy

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 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 § TV channels

### RAI – national

HD Terrestrial channels :
| Name | Channel | Type | Launched | Description |
| Rai 1 | 1 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 3 January 1954 | Generalist and family-oriented |
| Rai 2 | 2 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 4 November 1961 | Generalist, catering towards urban audiences |
| Rai 3 | 3 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 15 December 1979 | Cultural and regional programming |
| Rai 4 | 21 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 14 July 2008 | Youth/urban programming and movies |
| Rai 5 | 523 (DTT, HbbTV) | Free-to-air | 26 November 2010 | Arts and culture programming |
| Rai 4K | 101 (DTT, HbbTV) | Free-to-air | 17 June 2016 | Ultra-high-definition (4K) channel |
| Rai Movie | 24 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 1 July 1999 | Movies |
| Rai Premium | 25 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 31 July 2003 | Popular fiction and films |
| Rai Gulp | 542 (DTT, HbbTV) | Free-to-air | 1 June 2007 | Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14 |
| Rai Yoyo | 543 (DTT, HbbTV) | Free-to-air | 1 November 2006 | Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7 |
| Rai News 24 | 48 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 26 April 1999 | Non-stop rolling news |
| Rai Storia | 54 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 2 February 2009 | Documentaries about history and culture |
| Rai Sport | 58 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 14 September 2015 | Sports coverage and related news |
| Rai Scuola | 57 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 19 October 2009 | Documentary, cultural and educational |

### RAI – regional

| Name | Channel | Launched | Language | Region |
| Rai Alto Adige [it] | | 1960 | Italian | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Rai Ladinia | | 1988 | Ladin | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Rai Südtirol | 3, 808 (DTT) | 1966 | German | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Rai 3 BIS FJK [it] | 3, 810 (DTT) | 1995 | Italian and Slovene | Friuli Venezia Giulia/Furlanija Julijska Krajina |

### Mediaset

See also: Mediaset
Mediaset Terrestrial channels :
| Name | Channel | Type | Launched | Description |
| Rete 4 | 4, 104, 504 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 4 January 1982 | General, High-definition |
| Canale 5 | 5, 105, 505 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 11 November 1980 | General, High-definition |
| Italia 1 | 6, 106, 506 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 3 January 1982 | General, High-definition |
| 20 | 20, 120, 520 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 3 April 2018 | TV Series and Sports |
| Iris | 22, 522 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 30 November 2007 | Movies |
| Twentyseven | 27, 527 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 17 January 2022 | Cinema |
| La5 | 30, 530 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 12 March 2010 | Entertainment and Lifestyle |
| Cine34 | 34, 534 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 20 January 2020 | Cinema |
| Focus | 35, 535 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 17 March 2018 | Documentaries |
| Top Crime | 39, 539 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 1 June 2013 | Entertainment |
| Italia 2 | 49, 549 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 4 July 2011 | Entertainment and Sports |
| TGcom24 | 51, 551 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 28 November 2011 | News |
| Mediaset Extra | 55, 556 (DTT) | Free-to-air | 26 November 2010 | General |

## 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: 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