Netherlands Communications 2009, CIA World Factbook




Netherlands Communications 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/netherlands/netherlands_communications.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 hosts:
10.983 million (2008)

Internet users:
15 million (2007)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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