Vodafone Netherlands

Vodafone Netherlands
Company typeBesloten Vennootschap
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedSeptember 1995 (as Libertel)
FounderNationale-Nederlanden
Headquarters,
Key people
Jeroen Hoencamp (CEO)
ProductsMobile telephony
Wireless broadband
ParentVodafoneZiggo
Websitewww.vodafone.nl

Vodafone Libertel B.V. is the second largest mobile phone company in the Netherlands, and was previously called Libertel. It is part of VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture between Ziggo and Vodafone Group.

It offers 2G GSM, 2.5G GPRS on the 900 MHz frequency band, 4G LTE on the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz frequency bands, and 5G NR services via dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) with existing bands. It previously offered UMTS, HSDPA, and HSPA+  3G services (on the 2100 MHz frequency band) until their shutdown in February 2020.[1]

Vodafone Netherlands currently has 5.2 million mobile customers.[2] Vodafone Netherlands currently operates one subbrand using its network called hollandsnieuwe (launched in January 2011).

As of 2008, Vodafone Netherlands is based in Maastricht and Amsterdam and has around 2,800 employees.[3]

  1. ^ "Groei mee naar 4G" [Grow along to 4G] (in Dutch). Vodafone Netherlands. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. ^ "Vodafone in talks with Liberty Global on Dutch joint venture". Reuters. 2 February 2016.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Over Vodafone". www.vodafone.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-03. gevestigd in Maastricht [..] ruim 2800 medewerkers