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Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 10.0 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers: 12.1 million (2002)

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 five major network operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ...

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) Intelsat is the worlds largest commercial satellite communications services provider. ... Eutelsat S.A. is a French corporation which operates 24 telecommunications satellites in geosynchronous orbit. ... INMARSAT, is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organisation. ...

Area codes

010 Rotterdam 0111 Zierikzee 0113 Goes 0114 Hulst 0115 Terneuzen 0117 Oostburg 0118 Middelburg 013 Tilburg 015 Delft 0161 Rijen 0162 Oosterhout 0164 Bergen op Zoom 0165 Roosendaal 0166 Tholen 0167 Steenbergen 0168 Zevenbergen 0172 Alphen aan de Rijn 0174 Naaldwijk 0180 Ridderkerk 0181 Spijkenisse 0182 Gouda 0183 Gorinchem 0184 Sliedrecht 0186 Oud-Beijerland 0187 Middelharnis 020 Amsterdam 0222 Texel 0223 Den Helder 0224 Schagen 0226 Noord-Scharwoude 0227 Middenmeer 0228 Enkhuizen 0229 Hoorn 023 Haarlem 024 Nijmegen 0251 Beverwijk 0252 Hillegom 0255 IJmuiden 026 Arnhem 0294 Weesp 0297 Aalsmeer 0299 Purmerend 030 Utrecht 0313 Dieren 0314 Doetinchem 0315 Terborg 0316 Zevenaar 0317 Wageningen 0318 Ede 0320 Lelystad 0321 Dronten 033 Amersfoort 0341 Harderwijk 0342 Barneveld 0343 Doorn 0344 Tiel 0345 Culemborg 0346 Maarssen 0347 Vianen 0348 Woerden 035 Hilversum 036 Almere 038 Zwolle 040 Eindhoven 0411 Boxtel 0412 Oss 0413 Veghel 0416 Waalwijk 0418 Zaltbommel 043 Maastricht 045 Heerlen 046 Sittard 0475 Roermond 0478 Venray 0481 Bemmel 0485 Cuyk 0486 Grave 0487 Druten 0488 Zetten 0492 Helmond 0493 Deurne 0495 Weert 0497 Eersel 0499 Best 050 Groningen 0511 Veenwouden 0512 Drachten 0513 Heerenveen 0514 Balk 0515 Sneek 0516 Oosterwolde 0517 Franeker 0518 St. Annaparochie 0519 Dokkum 0521 Steenwijk 0522 Meppel 0523 Dedemsvaart 0524 Coevorden 0525 Elburg 0527 Emmeloord 0528 Hoogeveen 0529 Ommen 053 Enschede 0541 Oldenzaal 0543 Winterswijk 0544 Groenlo 0545 Neede 0546 Almelo 0547 Goor 0548 Rijssen 055 Apeldoorn 0561 Wolvega 0562 Terschelling/Vlieland 0566 Irnsum 0570 Deventer 0571 Deventer 0572 Raalte 0573 Lochem 0575 Zutphen 0577 Uddel 0578 Epe 058 Leeuwarden 0591 Emmen 0592 Assen 0593 Beilen 0594 Zuidhorn 0595 Warffum 0596 Appingedam 0597 Winschoten 0598 Hoogezand 0599 Stadskanaal 070 's-Gravenhage 071 Leiden 072 Alkmaar 073 's-Hertogenbosch 074 Hengelo 075 Zaandam 076 Breda 077 Venlo 078 Dordrecht 079 Zoetermeer A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of Zuid Holland. ... Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. ... Hulst is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... Terneuzen is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ... This is about the city in the Netherlands. ... Tilburg is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. ... Delft City Hall (Stadhuis) Delft is a city in South Holland (Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands, located halfway between Rotterdam and The Hague (Den Haag). ... Oosterhout is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Bergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Roosendaal is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Tholen is a municipality and a city in the southwest of the Netherlands. ... Steenbergen is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Moerdijk is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. ... Goudas 15th Century Town Hall Flag of Gouda Gouda (population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Gorinchem (population: 34,623 in 2004), also called Gorkum, is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... This article is about the Dutch island Texel. ... Enkuizen Enkhuizen (population: 17,241 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Haarlem is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province. ... Nijmegen (obsolete spellings: Nijmwegen, Nymegen, Nieumeghen — known in German as Nimwegen, French as Nimègue, and Spanish as Nimega) is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border. ... Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine, and the capital of the Gelderland province. ... Doetinchem (Low Saxon: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. ... Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. ... Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ... Almere is a municipality in the central Netherlands, a polder reclaimed from IJsselmeer . ... For other places named Zwolle, see Zwolle (disambiguation). ... Maastricht (Limburgish and city dialect: Mestreech; French: Maestricht) is a municipality, and capital of the province of Limburg. ... Helmond is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. ... Heerenveen (Frisian: It Hearrenfean) is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. ...

Non-geographical codes

Starting with

• 06 - Mobile phones
• 0800 - Free service numbers
• 087 - Internet service provider dial-up line
• 088 - Large companies with more than one address
• 0900 - Paid information numbers
• 0906 - Adult lines
• 0909 - Entertainment

Radio, television and internet

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios: 15.3 million (1996)

Television broadcast stations: 15 (plus five low-power repeaters) (1997); format: PAL-B/G. For other meanings of PAL see PAL (disambiguation). ...

Televisions: 8.1 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 70 (1999) An Internet service provider (ISP) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ...

Country code (Top level domain): NL

See also

• Netherlands
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1043423.stm