Telecommunications in the Netherlands

This article is intended to give an overview of telecommunications in the Netherlands.

[4][5] Postal codes in the Netherlands are formed of four digits then two letters (in capitals), separated by a space—1234 AB, for example.

Telephones - main lines in use: 8.000.000 (2007) Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers: 17.200.000 (2007) 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 three major network operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).

international: 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) Starting with Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998) Radios: 15.3 million (1996) Television broadcast stations: 25 Televisions:

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 33 (2007) Country code (Top level domain): .nl