Editing Sardinia (section)

== Communications ==
{{See also|Sardinia Radio Telescope}}
[[File:SRT SARDINIA RADIO TELESCOPE.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sardinia Radio Telescope]]]]

On the island are headquartered some telecommunication companies and internet service providers, such as [[Tiscali]] and the Mediterranean Skylogic Teleport, a [[ground station]] controlled by satellite provider [[Eutelsat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/186694|title=L'Isola al centro del Mediterraneo per le telecomunicazioni satellitari |website=L'Unione Sarda |access-date=24 March 2022|archive-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528170539/https://www.unionesarda.it/Articoli/Articolo/186694 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sardinia is the Italian region with the highest e-intensity index after the [[Aosta Valley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zanarini.wordpress.com/|title=Less is More|website=Less is More |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216105619/https://zanarini.wordpress.com/ |archive-date= Dec 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lkv.it/blog/inf/tec/il-peso-di-internet-sulleconomia-italiana-13042011.html|title=Il peso di Internet sull'economia italiana |date=Apr 13, 2011 |website=LkV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820033220/http://www.lkv.it/blog/inf/tec/il-peso-di-internet-sulleconomia-italiana-13042011.html |archive-date= Aug 20, 2017 }}</ref> (index measuring the relative maturity of Internet economies on the basis of three factors: enablement, engagement, and expenditure) and the region with the highest internet performances, such as fastest broadband connection in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://notizie.tiscali.it/articoli/scienza/13/06/adsl-veloce-sardegna-prima.html|title=In Sardegna l'Adsl più veloce d'Italia. Ma in Italia solo lo 0,1% delle linee è sopra i 30 mega|website=Tiscali |date=2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181006121419/http://archivio.notizie.tiscali.it/articoli/scienza/13/06/adsl-veloce-sardegna-prima.html?redirect=true |archive-date= Oct 6, 2018 }}</ref>
Sardinia is also the Italian region with the highest percentage (41%) of 4G [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] users.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2017/08/31/sardi-primi-italia-rete-mobile-veloce_faea34c8-75d4-40f7-a32d-ac8cb2b924c0.html|title=Sardi primi Italia rete mobile veloce -|date=31 August 2017|website=ANSA.it |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218080333/https://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2017/08/31/sardi-primi-italia-rete-mobile-veloce_faea34c8-75d4-40f7-a32d-ac8cb2b924c0.html |archive-date= Dec 18, 2023 }}</ref>
The Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems companies [[ZTE]] and [[Huawei]] have development centers and innovation labs in Sardinia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sardiniapost.it/innovazione/a-pula-la-ricerca-parla-anche-cinese-inaugurato-il-centro-huaweicrs4/|title=A Pula la ricerca parla (anche) cinese: inaugurato il centro Huawei/Crs4|date=20 December 2016|website=Sardiniapost |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216102632/https://www.sardiniapost.it/innovazione/a-pula-la-ricerca-parla-anche-cinese-inaugurato-il-centro-huaweicrs4/ |archive-date= Dec 16, 2023 }}</ref>

Sardinia has become Europe's first region to fully adopt the new [[Digital Terrestrial Television]] broadcasting standard. From 1 November 2008 TV channels are broadcast only in digital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Digitale-Terrestre_13105.html |title=Digitale Terrestre Parte in Sardegna lo switch-off |access-date=7 March 2009 |publisher=NonSoloCinema |date=15 October 2008 |language= it}}</ref>