essment: highly developed and well maintained
domestic: extensive fixed-line fiber-optic network; cellular
telephone system is one of the largest in Europe with five 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)

Radios:
15.3 million (1996)

Television broadcast stations:
21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
8.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.nl

Internet hosts:
8,363,158 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
52 (2000)

Internet users:
10,806,328 (2004)

Transportation Netherlands

Airports:
27 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2006)

Heliports:
1 (2006)

Pipelines:
condensate 81 km; gas 7,229 km; oil 578 km; refined products 716 km
(2006)

Railways:
total: 2,808 km
standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 134,000 km (including 3,270 km of expressways) (2004)

Waterways:
6,183 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 558 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,042,775 GRT/5,016,265 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 29, cargo 345, chemical tanker 29, container
59, liquefied gas 12, passenger 14, passenger/cargo 14, petroleum
tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 19, roll on/roll off 18, specialized
tanker 3
foreign-owned: 157 (Australia 1, Belgium 2, Denmark 9, Finland 13,
Germany 56, Ireland 10, Netherlands Antilles 1, Norway 7, Sweden 26,
UK 19, US 13)
registered in other countries: 222 (Antigua and Barbuda 14,
Australia 2, Austria 2, Bahamas 24, Canada 1, Cayman Islands 4,
Cyprus 18, Gibraltar 5, Isle of Man 1, Liberia 29, Luxembourg 2,
Malta 6, Marshall Islands 1, Netherlands Antilles 54, Norway 3,
Panama 21, Philippines 19, Portugal 1, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 5, Singapore 2, UK 3, US 4, unknown 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Amsterdam, Groningen, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen,
Zaansta