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Communications (Netherlands)
| Telephones - main lines in use: |
7.6 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
15.834 million (2005) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: highly developed and well maintained
domestic: extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; cellular telephone system is one of the largest in Europe with 5 major network operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
international: country code - 31; 9 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2004) |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 4, FM 246, shortwave 3 (2004) |
| Radios: |
15.3 million (1996) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions: |
8.1 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.nl |
| Internet hosts: |
8.363 million (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
52 (2000) |
| Internet users: |
10.806 million (2004) |
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