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This article is intended to give an overview of '''telecommunications in the [[Netherlands]]'''.

== Mail ==
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 [[gram|g]].<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/artikelen/2007/4/3/030407_tnt.html NOSJOURNAAL – Reorganisatie bij postbedrijf<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420143051/http://www.nos.nl/nosjournaal/artikelen/2007/4/3/030407_tnt.html |date=20 April 2008 }}</ref> The monopoly is planned to expire in 2009.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> PostNL's competitors include Selekt Mail and [[Sandd]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=News|first1=B. B. C.|title=Netherlands country profile|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1043423.stm|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-tnt.4.5130277.html "Royal TNT Post to seek cuts as its Dutch monopoly ends"] The New York Times (3 April 2007)</ref> Post offices that are owned by [[Postbank N.V.|Postbank]] and TNT Post have been earmarked for closure between 2008 and 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Iass|first1=Kima|title=Sim Only Vergelijken? Goedkope sim only abonnementen en aanbiedingen|url=http://www.vergelijk-simonly.com/|access-date=4 November 2016|work=Sim only abonnement aanbiedingen|date=9 January 2010|language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20110612032752/http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/economie/artikel/asp/artnr/198641/rss/true/index.html "Postkantoren dicht uit protest tegen sluiting"] Elsevier.nl (25 March 2008)</ref>

[[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal codes in the Netherlands]] are formed of four digits then two letters (in capitals), separated by a space—{{mono|1234 AB}}, for example.

==Telephone==

{{main|Telephone numbers in the Netherlands}}
'''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===
[[Image:Area codes of the Netherlands.gif|thumb|400px|
<span style="color:orange;">'''Orange'''</span>: Codes starting with '''01'''
<br><span style="color:skyblue;">'''Blue'''</span>: Codes starting with '''02'''
<br><span style="color:yellow;">'''Yellow'''</span>: Codes starting with '''03'''
<br><span style="color:Mediumseagreen;">'''Green'''</span>: Codes starting with '''04'''
<br><span style="color:Red;">'''Red'''</span>: Codes starting with '''05'''
<br><span style="color:Plum;">'''Purple'''</span>: Codes starting with '''07''' ]]

* 010 – [[Rotterdam]]
* 0111 – [[Zierikzee]]
* 0113 – [[Goes]]
* 0114 – [[Hulst]]
* 0115 – [[Terneuzen]]
* 0117 – [[Oostburg]]
* 0118 – [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]]
* 013 – [[Tilburg]]
* 015 – [[Delft]]
* 0161 – [[Gilze-Rijen|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, South Holland|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 (city)|Utrecht]]
* 0313 – [[Dieren]]
* 0314 – [[Doetinchem]]
* 0315 – [[Terborg]]
* 0316 – [[Zevenaar]]
* 0317 – [[Wageningen]]
* 0318 – [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]
* 0320 – [[Lelystad]]
* 0321 – [[Dronten]]
* 033 – [[Amersfoort]]
* 0341 – [[Harderwijk]]
* 0342 – [[Barneveld (town)|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, Netherlands|Grave]]
* 0487 – [[Druten]]
* 0488 – [[Zetten]]
* 0492 – [[Helmond]]
* 0493 – [[Deurne, North Brabant|Deurne]]
* 0495 – [[Weert]]
* 0497 – [[Reusel]]
* 0499 – [[Best, Netherlands|Best]]
* 050 – [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]
* 0511 – [[Veenwouden]]
* 0512 – [[Drachten]]
* 0513 – [[Heerenveen]]
* 0514 – [[Balk]]
* 0515 – [[Sneek]]
* 0516 – [[Oosterwolde (Friesland)|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, Netherlands|Epe]]
* 058 – [[Leeuwarden]]
* 0591 – [[Emmen, Netherlands|Emmen]]
* 0592 – [[Assen]]
* 0593 – [[Beilen]]
* 0594 – [[Zuidhorn]]
* 0595 – [[Warffum]]
* 0596 – [[Appingedam]]
* 0597 – [[Winschoten]]
* 0598 – [[Hoogezand]]
* 0599 – [[Stadskanaal]]
* 070 – [[The Hague]]
* 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, television and internet==

'''[[Radio]] broadcast stations:'''
AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)
{{Category see also|Radio in the Netherlands}}

'''Radios:'''
15.3 million (1996)

'''[[Television]] broadcast stations:'''
25

'''Televisions:'''
6.700.000 (2002, CBS)
{{main|Television in the Netherlands}}

'''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):'''
33 (2007)

{{See also|Internet access worldwide#Netherlands}}

'''[[Country code]] (Top level domain):''' [[.nl]]

==Broadband Internet access==
{{Main|Internet in the Netherlands}}

== Countries and Special municipalities ==
* [[Telecommunications in Aruba]]
* [[Telecommunications in the Caribbean Netherlands]] ([[Telecommunications in Bonaire|Bonaire]] · [[Telecommunications in Saba|Saba]] · [[Telecommunications in Sint Eustatius|Sint Eustatius]])
* [[Telecommunications in Curaçao]]
* [[Telecommunications in Sint Maarten]]
* [[Telecommunications in the Netherlands Antilles]] (''Defunct'')

==References==
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