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Italy: Mobile cellular subscriptions

132.58per 100 people · 2024-10.6% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Italy from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024132.575
2023131.872
2022131.674
2021130.781
2020129.49
2019132.181
2018138.265
2017138.882
2016142.127
2015144.764
2014148.217
2013159.698
2012160.559
2011159.093
2010155.684
2009150.295
2008151.676
2007151.925
2006136.871
2005122.181
2004107.861
200398.321
200294.391
200189.426
200073.764
199953.202
199835.984
199720.62
199611.287
19956.896
19943.938
19932.123
19921.378
19911
19900.469
19890.117
19880.059
19870.029
19860.016
19850.011
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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