Netherlands
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Introduction - Netherlands: | Location - Netherlands: | People - Netherlands: | Government - Netherlands: | Economy - Netherlands: | Communications - Netherlands: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | 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) | | Television broadcast stations | 21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995) | | Internet country code | .nl | | Internet hosts | 8.363 million (2006) | | Internet users | 14.544 million (2006) | |
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