Editing Traffic message channel (section)

=== Italy ===

A free public RDS-TMC service became available in Italy on 1 July 1998, offered by [[RAI]]. ''CCISS'' (National Traffic Information Centre) provides the service. RAI broadcasts on ''[[Rai Radio 1]]'', Radio2 and Radio 3 FM. This service covers the entire country. Additionally, Rai operates a dedicated traffic news station heavily focusing on motorway viability which trasmits on the fixed frequency of 103.3 FM , Rai Isoradio.

A commercial service is provided by radio station [[RTL 102.5]] in cooperation with ''InfoBlu''. This service covers 90% of the population of Italy, and is still expanding coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rdstmc.it/?q=en |title=The TMC in Italy | publisher=TMC.it: Traffic Message Channel Italia |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> It has been encrypted since 2007.

The Italian location table, provided by RAI-CCISS, is in version 2.1 with around 12.500 codes.

As of April 2018, the location table was at version 4.3 with more than 41,000 codes. It has all highways, state roads, county roads and urban roads for main towns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cciss.it/portale/cciss.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=portletInstance_3&portletInstance_3_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2Fmenu_inviaggio%2FgoRdsTmc |title=Database delle località a supporto dei sistemi RDS TMC |trans-title=Database of locations that support RDS TMC |publisher=CCISS Viaggiare Informati, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (CCISS Travel Information, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport) |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>