Communications in Netherlands
Communications in Netherlands
Dutch Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 7.334 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 17.3 million (2006)
Telephone system: general assessment: highly developed and well maintained domestic: extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; large cellular telephone system with 5 major operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology; one in five households now use Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) services international: country code - 31; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 (3 Intelsat - 1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (2007)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 567, shortwave 1 (2008)
Television broadcast stations: 342 (2008)
Internet country code: .nl
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Internet users: 15 million (2007)