Italy Communications

Country Name: Italian Republic

Capital City: Rome

Population: 58,133,509 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.04% (2006)

Currency: Euro (EUR)

Languages: Italian

Area: 301,230 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.7% (2005)

Domain extension: .it

COMMUNICATIONS OF ITALY

Telephones - main lines in use:

25.049 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

72.2 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.it

Internet hosts:

1,731,165 (2006)

Internet users:

28.87 million (2005)

International dialing code: