by Maximiliano Crocamo
Arpa FVG has published its annual bulletin on electromagnetic field monitoring in Friuli Venezia Giulia for 2025. The document, available on the agency’s website and on the Open Data FVG portal, confirms that no legal limits for electromagnetic field exposure generated by mobile phone infrastructure were exceeded anywhere in the region.
The bulletin was presented in Trieste in the presence of Regional Councillor for Environmental Protection Fabio Scoccimarro, who described the results as “reassuring data.” Arpa FVG is the only body legally accredited to carry out these measurements in the region and recorded a regional average of 1.5 V/m—well below the national attention threshold of 15 V/m and the European exposure limit of 20 V/m.
During 2025, the agency conducted 293 direct field measurement operations, more than 2,400 broadband measurements, and 321 technical assessments of mobile phone installations. A total of 441 installations were evaluated, of which 297 also included 5G technology. The Regional Registry of Telecommunications Infrastructure currently lists 2,866 mobile phone installations mounted on 1,680 pylons, with 59% of them also hosting 5G antennas.
The current regulatory framework sets an updated attention threshold of 15 V/m for areas of prolonged occupancy, while the exposure limit remains fixed at 20 V/m. Italian standards remain among the most precautionary in Europe in relation to Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC.
As for 5G, measurements carried out between 2024 and 2025 detected no significant increase in electric field levels compared to previous technologies. During the same period, approximately 70% of the evaluated reconfigurations involved 5G infrastructure.
The full bulletin is available for consultation and download on the official Arpa FVG website and on the regional Open Data FVG portal.
