Communications in Italy

Communications networks in Italy have been restored so effectively by the United States Army Signal Corps that all sections of the country now are linked together by adequate cable and wire facilities for military and occupational purposes, according to a report to the Chief Signal Officer from the Mediterranean Theater. The prewar Italian civilian wire-communications network was both extensive and diversified but, as the result of German destruction, rehabilitation was required on both inside and outside plants before much of that system could be employed. Combining Italian and American equipment into an efficient and reliable network presentedmany technical problems.