Nasuti's Telecomunication

Networks and infrastructure

Rete Nazionale Telecomunicazioni RNT

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The market of the telecommunications of the Princedom is constituted by tens of companies that take care exclusively of to supply the services to the users. In 1972, in fact, the government promoted a radical change of the sector constituting a company for the accomplishment, the management and the maintenance of the networks and of the necessary infrastructures, the Rete Nazionale Telecomunicazioni (RNT, National Telecommunications Netork). Every business of the market should gain a contribution of participation to this company in proportion to the stocked services and to the number of users served. The business is private but the government take care of monitoring of the regularity and intervene in case of contrasts between the partners.

Technologies

At the end of 2001 the RTN annunced the the completion of wired networks in optical fiber on all of the national territory; such net replaced the copper network that is maintained for the emergencies. The optical fiber net is used for the television transmissions, for wired telephony and for the wired access to internet. Since the 1995 on all national territory is available the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) moblie network used by the mobile phone operator. Todat the network support GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access, in download - HSDPA - and in upload - HSUPA) and it's in experimentation a 4th generation system based on MC-CDMA (Multi Carrier - Code Diviosn Multiple Access). In the largest town it's begun the experimentation of the wireless service with the installation of new antenna with spacious covering and high speed; this network may supply the service of the optical fiber but is wireless and needs few antenna per area. Television and radio trasmission is based all on DVB (Digital Video Broaadcasting system: satellite with DVB-S and DVB-SH; cable with DVB-C; terrestrial television with DVB-T and terrestrial television for handhelds with DVB-H; distributions via microwave using DVB-MT, DVB-MC and/or DVB-MS) and DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). Another field of experimentation is the carrying out of a hypothetical network of tiny wireless microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors, robots, or devices, installed with wireless communications, that can detect anything from light and temperature, to vibrations, etc. (this project is funded in part by the FAN and in part from the telecomunications industries and companies).