<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Italy<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 20,011 km total; 16,066 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned—2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 298,000 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 270,000 km (including nearly 7,000 km of expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone 23,000 km; earth 5,000 km
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> modern, well-developed, fast; 25,600,000 telephones; fully automated telephone, telex, and data services; high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks; broadcast stations—135 AM, 28 (1,840 repeaters) FM, 83 (1,000 repeaters) TV; international service by 21 submarine cables, 3 satellite earth stations operating in INTELSAT with 3 Atlantic Ocean antennas and 2 Indian Ocean antennas; also participates in INMARSAT and EUTELSAT systems