ith 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:
30.3 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.it

Internet hosts:
1,731,165 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
93 (Italy and Holy See) (2000)

Internet users:
28.87 million (2005)

Transportation Italy

Airports:
133 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 98
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 30
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 14 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 19 (2006)

Heliports:
5 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 17,589 km; oil 1,136 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 19,459 km
standard gauge: 18,037 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (122 km electrified); 1,299 km
0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 484,688 km
paved: 484,688 km (including 6,621 km of expressways) (2004)

Waterways:
2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared
to road and rail (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 591 ships (1000 GRT or over) 11,737,175 GRT/12,573,225 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 52, cargo 45, chemical tanker 136, container
25, liquefied gas 37, livestock carrier 3, passenger 16,
passenger/cargo 150, petroleum tanker 49, refrigerated cargo 4, roll
on/roll off 33, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 28
foreign-owned: 36 (France 1, Greece 6, Spain 1, Taiwan 10, UK 3, US
15)
registered in other countries: 152 (Bahamas 5, Belize 4, Cayman
Islands 12, Cyprus 2, France 2, Germany 1, Gibraltar 6, Isle of Man
5, Jamaica 1, Liberia 16, Malta 29, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 4,
Panama 15, Portugal 12, Romania 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18, Singapore 2, Spain 2, Sweden 7, Turkey 3, UK 4) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto,
Trieste, Venice

Military Italy

Military branches:
Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI),
Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps
(Corpo dei Carabini