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Communications:
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; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; 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: 11.17 million (2007)
Internet Users: 14.544 million (2006)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 208.

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