Telecommunications in Italy


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

Telephone companies

Radio stations

NameOwnerLocationNotesTransmissionWebsite
Radio Byoblu libera e indipendenteByoblu Edizioni S.r.l.sWorldwidePublic; News/Talk; Popular musicStreaming online
m2oElemediaRomeCommercial; Electronic dance musicFM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S
R101MediasetMilanCommercial; Adult ContemporaryFM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S
Radio 105 NetworkMediasetMilanCommercial; Rock, Pop, Hip HopFM, DVB-S
Radio 24Il Sole 24 OreMilanCommercial; News/TalkFM, DAB, DVB-S
Radio CapitalElemediaRomeCommercial; Classic Hits/Adult ContemporaryFM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S
Radio DeeJayElemediaMilanCommercialFM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-T, DVB-S
Radio Dimensione SuonoRomeCommercial; It's also called RDSFM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S
Radio Italia Solo Musica ItalianaGruppo Radio ItaliaCologno MonzeseCommercial; Italian HitsFM, DAB, DVB-S
Radio Kiss KissNaplesCommercialFM, DVB-S
Radio MariaAssociazione Radio MariaErbaCommunity; CatholicFM, DAB, DVB-S
Radio Monte CarloMediasetMilanCommercial; It's also called RMCFM, DVB-S
Radio PopolarecooperativeRomeCommunity; News/TalkFM
Radio RadicaleRadical PartyRomeCommunity; News/TalkFM, DAB, DVB-S
Rai Gr ParlamentoRAIRomePublic; News/TalkFM, DVB-S
Rai IsoradioRAIPublic; Traffic and weather newsFM, DAB, DVB-S
Rai Radio 1RAIRomePublic; News/Talk; GeneralistFM, MW, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S
Rai Radio 2RAIRomePublic; Popular music; EntertainmentFM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S
Rai Radio 3RAIRomePublic; Culture; Classical musicFM, DAB, DVB-T, DVB-S
RTL 102.5Cologno Monzese CommercialFM, DAB, DVB-S
Virgin Radio ItaliaMediasetMilanCommercial; RockFM, DAB, DAB+, DVB-Shttp://www.virginradioitaly.it
Rai Radio Tutta ItalianaRAIRomePublic; Easy listening musicDAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S
Rai Radio 3 ClassicaRAIRomePublic; Classical musicDAB, Cable, DVB-T, DVB-S
Radio Padania LiberaLega NordVareseCommunity; News/TalkDAB, DVB-S

Television channels

See also:

Mediaset

See also: Mediaset
LogoNameTypeLaunchedDescription
Rete 4Free-to-air4 January 1982General, High-definition
Canale 5Free-to-air11 November 1980General, High-definition
Italia 1Free-to-air3 January 1982General, High-definition
20Free-to-air3 April 2018TV Series and Sports
IrisFree-to-air30 November 2007Movies
TwentysevenFree-to-air17 January 2022Cinema
La5Free-to-air12 March 2010Entertainment and Lifestyle
Cine34Free-to-air20 January 2020Cinema
FocusFree-to-air17 March 2018Documentaries
Top CrimeFree-to-air1 June 2013Entertainment
Italia 2Free-to-air4 July 2011Entertainment and Sports
TGcom24Free-to-air28 November 2011News
Mediaset ExtraFree-to-air26 November 2010General

Internet

The Internet country code top-level domain 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 with an average speed of 79.62 Mbit/s download and 31.41 Mbit/s in upload.

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