Telecommunications_in_the_Netherlands
Telecommunications in the Netherlands
Overview of telecommunications in the Netherlands
This article is intended to give an overview of telecommunications in the Netherlands.
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The postal service in the Netherlands is performed by PostNL in most cases—which has, as of 2008, a monopoly on letters lighter than 50 g.[1] The monopoly is planned to expire in 2009.[1] PostNL's competitors include Selekt Mail and Sandd.[2][3] Post offices that are owned by Postbank and TNT Post have been earmarked for closure between 2008 and 2013.[4][5]
Postal codes in the Netherlands are formed of four digits then two letters (in capitals), separated by a space—1234 AB, for example.
Telephones - main lines in use: 8.000.000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers: 17.200.000 (2007)
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 three major network operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
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)
Area codes
Blue: Codes starting with 02
Yellow: Codes starting with 03
Green: Codes starting with 04
Red: Codes starting with 05
Purple: Codes starting with 07
- 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 den 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 – Cuijk
- 0486 – Grave
- 0487 – Druten
- 0488 – Zetten
- 0492 – Helmond
- 0493 – Deurne
- 0495 – Weert
- 0497 – Reusel
- 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/Lichtenvoorde
- 0545 – Neede
- 0546 – Almelo
- 0547 – Goor
- 0548 – Rijssen
- 055 – Apeldoorn
- 0561 – Wolvega
- 0562 – Terschelling/Vlieland
- 0566 – Irnsum
- 0570 – Deventer
- 0571 – Voorst
- 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 – The Hague (Den Haag/'s-Gravenhage)
- 071 – Leiden
- 072 – Alkmaar
- 073 – 's-Hertogenbosch
- 074 – Hengelo
- 075 – Zaandam
- 076 – Breda
- 077 – Venlo
- 078 – Dordrecht
- 079 – Zoetermeer
Non-geographical codes
Starting with
- 06 - Mobile/Cell phones
- 066 - Pager numbers
- 0676 - Internet service provider dial-up line
- 0800 - Free service numbers
- 084 - Non-geographical personal numbers
- 085 - VoIP numbers
- 087 - Non-geographical personal numbers (also for VoIP use)
- 088 - Large companies with more than one address
- 0900 - Paid information numbers
- 0906 - Adult lines
- 0909 - Entertainment
- 091 - VoIP numbers (not yet in use)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 15.3 million (1996)
Television broadcast stations: 25
Televisions: 6.700.000 (2002, CBS)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 33 (2007)
Country code (Top level domain): .nl
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- NOSJOURNAAL – Reorganisatie bij postbedrijf Archived 20 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- News, B. B. C. "Netherlands country profile". BBC News.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - "Royal TNT Post to seek cuts as its Dutch monopoly ends" The New York Times (3 April 2007)
- Iass, Kima (9 January 2010). "Sim Only Vergelijken? Goedkope sim only abonnementen en aanbiedingen". Sim only abonnement aanbiedingen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Postkantoren dicht uit protest tegen sluiting" Elsevier.nl (25 March 2008)
- De Telefoongids KPN telephone directory, combined white pages and yellow pages
- Meer weten over sim only abonnementen? Lees meer over de voor- en nadelen (in Dutch).