Italy - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy was 19,607,340 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,353,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3,057,645 in 1960.

Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

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Year Value
1960 3,057,645
1961 3,057,650
1962 3,057,650
1963 3,057,650
1964 3,057,650
1965 4,540,000
1966 4,540,000
1967 4,540,000
1968 4,540,000
1969 4,540,000
1970 6,461,000
1971 6,461,000
1972 6,461,000
1973 6,461,000
1974 6,461,000
1975 9,660,000
1976 10,166,000
1977 10,778,000
1978 11,456,000
1979 12,172,000
1980 13,017,000
1981 13,860,000
1982 14,697,780
1983 15,601,030
1984 16,520,760
1985 17,396,110
1986 18,252,970
1987 19,104,830
1988 20,091,530
1989 21,265,520
1990 22,350,000
1991 23,071,000
1992 23,709,000
1993 24,167,000
1994 24,542,000
1995 24,845,000
1996 25,259,000
1997 25,698,000
1998 25,986,120
1999 26,502,000
2000 27,153,000
2001 27,353,000
2002 27,142,000
2003 26,596,000
2004 25,957,000
2005 25,049,000
2006 26,890,340
2007 22,417,000
2008 22,039,000
2009 22,642,680
2010 22,536,370
2011 22,105,470
2012 21,748,810
2013 21,098,030
2014 20,581,430
2015 20,209,320
2016 20,267,170
2017 20,700,660
2018 20,396,600
2019 19,519,430
2020 19,607,340

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Italy was 32.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.09 in 2001 and a minimum value of 6.15 in 1960.

Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.15
1961 6.15
1962 6.15
1963 6.15
1964 6.15
1965 8.79
1966 8.79
1967 8.79
1968 8.79
1969 8.79
1970 12.07
1971 12.07
1972 12.07
1973 12.07
1974 12.07
1975 17.48
1976 18.30
1977 19.32
1978 20.46
1979 21.67
1980 23.10
1981 24.53
1982 25.95
1983 27.48
1984 29.05
1985 30.55
1986 32.03
1987 33.51
1988 35.24
1989 37.29
1990 39.18
1991 40.41
1992 41.49
1993 42.25
1994 42.90
1995 43.45
1996 44.26
1997 45.16
1998 45.80
1999 46.78
2000 47.90
2001 48.09
2002 47.47
2003 46.20
2004 44.79
2005 42.98
2006 45.93
2007 38.16
2008 37.40
2009 38.31
2010 37.99
2011 37.10
2012 36.32
2013 35.07
2014 34.07
2015 33.36
2016 33.41
2017 34.12
2018 33.64
2019 32.24
2020 32.43

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications