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

Internet users: 19.25 million (2001)

Transportation Italy

Railways: total: 19,786 km standard gauge: 18,761 km 1.435-m gauge
(11,251 km electrified) narrow gauge: 113 km 1.000-m gauge (113 km
electrified); 912 km 0.950-m gauge (192 km electrified) (2001)

Highways: total: 668,669 km paved: 668,669 km (including 6,460 km of
expressways) unpaved: 0 km (2001)

Waterways: 2,400 km note: serves various types of commercial traffic,
although of limited overall value (2002)

Pipelines: crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural
gas 19,400 km

Ports and harbors: Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela,
Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres
(Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice (2001)

Merchant marine: total: 467 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,499,248
GRT/10,383,988 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered
here as a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Denmark 4, France 1, Greece 3,
Man, Isle of 1, Monaco 7, Netherlands 6, Norway 1, Panama 2, Spain 1,
Switzerland 1, Taiwan 15, Turkey 1, United Kingdom 6, United States
12 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 45, cargo 41, chemical tanker 91,
combination ore/oil 4, container 24, liquefied gas 37, multi-functional
large-load carrier 1, passenger 15, petroleum tanker 80, refrigerated
cargo 4, roll on/roll off 70, short-sea passenger 27, specialized tanker
12, vehicle carrier 16

Airports: 135 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 97 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047
m: 33 914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 12 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 38 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to
1,523 m: 18 under 914 m: 18 (2001)

Heliports: 4 (2001)

Military Italy

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 14,184,307 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 12,157,753
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 304,369
(2