Netherlands: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 6,951,528 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 20.809 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 123 (July 2015 est.) |
| 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 technology; one in five households now use Voice over the Internet Protocol ser 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 (2011) |
| Broadcast media | more than 90% of households are connected to cable or satellite TV systems that provide a wide range of domestic and foreign channels; public service broadcast system includes multiple broadcasters, 3 with a national reach and the remainder operating in r (2008) |
| Internet country code | .nl |
| Internet users | total: 15.778 million percent of population: 93.1% (July 2015 est.) |