Best Telecom Companies in North Holland, Netherlands
The 45 best Telecom companies in North Holland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Celtel.
Our analysis of 100 Telecom companies
$83.4b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Telecom companies in North Holland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtel Mobile telecom services provider | $300M | 257 mo ago | Acquired | Marten Pieters CEO | 1998 | NginxOpenResty | — |
| 2 | Afrimax 4G wireless broadband Internet networks | $176M | 131 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2011 | — | — |
| 3 | Augere 4G and Wimax wireless broadband services provider | $50M | 202 mo ago | Series B | Lars Stork CEO | 2007 | — | — |
| 4 | Virgin Mobile Central & Eastern Europe MVNO in Central and Eastern Europe | $40M | 143 mo ago | Late Stage | Alan Gow CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 5 | Freedom Provider of internet, television, and calling services | $2M | 43 mo ago | Seed | Anco Horst CEO | 2014 | RubyTrixQuill+12 | — |
| 6 | Firsty Provider of international mobile data eSIM plans | $1M | 15 mo ago | Series A | Gauthier Thierens Co-Founder | 2023 | StoryblokCart FunctionalityNode.js+15 | 1 internship · 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 7 | OPNT Time synchronisation solutions | $558K | 60 mo ago | Seed | Marco Gorter Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 8 | United Group Provider of telecommunications services | $66K | 191 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
Top 12 Telecom companies in North Holland
#1
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2023$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of international mobile data eSIM plans. It offers various data plans with different speeds and features, accessible through a mobile application. Users can activate and manage their plans directly through the app, adding or pausing service as needed. The service eliminates the need for physical SIM cards and local plans while traveling internationally. Plans include options with and without advertising, catering to different user preferences and budgets. The company aims to provide convenient and affordable international mobile data access.
#2
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 1998 · 797 employees$300Mraised▾
Mobile telecom services provider
#3
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011 · 201 employees$176Mraised▾
4G wireless broadband Internet networks
- Sep 2015Series C$120M
- Nov 2013Series B$56M
#4
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2007 · 71 employees$50Mraised▾
Augere provides affordable 4G & Wimax wireless broadband services to the residential and business customers in developing countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh. It owns 4G spectrum across countries. Till today, the company claims have raised funding of $300M. It raised €88m($125m) in an initial round of funding from France Telecom itself plus US venture capitalists New Silk Route and Vedanta Capital. Parag Saxena and Jens Zimmermann are the directors of the company. Bharti Airtel acquired Augere Wireless (Indian operations) in 2015 to boost its 4G services presence in India. Augere holds 20MHz of spectrum in 2300MHz band in Madhya Pradesh service area, which includes Chhattisgah. Although the deal financials were not disclosed but some sources said it to be 150cr.
- Oct 2009Series B$50M
- Jan 2008Seed—
#5
Late Stage · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011$40Mraised▾
Provider of telecommunications services in Central and Eastern Europe. The company serves as a mobile virtual network operator, which provides voice and data services to mobile users, enabling access to premium telecommunication networks at a fair price.
- Sep 2014PE$40M
#6
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 31 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of internet, television, and calling services
- Dec 2022Seed$1.6M
#7
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 10 employees$557.9Kraised▾
Optical Positioning Navigation and Timing ( OPNT) is a spin-off company of LaserLaB at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They are developing products and solutions using exisitng fibre-optical communications infrastructure that result in tight synchronisation of clocks in networks independent of GPS timing and reduced OPEX. They have built Time distribution system and Frequency division system that opens up a wide range of possible applications.
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$78.2K
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$61.6K
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$59.5K
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$141.7K
#8
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2007 · 15000 employees$65.9Kraised▾
Provider of telecommunications services
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)$65.9K
#9
Acquired · Oude Meer, North Holland · founded 2020 · 150 employees—raised▾
Provider of data center services
- Mar 2026Seed—
#10
Late Stage · Alkmaar, North Holland · founded 2006 · 350 employees—raised▾
Provider of business tele-communication services
- May 2023PE—
#11
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2018 · 33 employees—raised▾
Provider of fibre and wireless network connectivity services
- Jan 2023Seed—
- Nov 2020Angel—
#12
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2018—raised▾
Provider of IoT, cloud and colocation services
- Aug 2020Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 634 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology240
- Eindhoven University of Technology147
- University of Twente59
- European Space Research and Technology Centre49
- NXP41
- Beamforming29→91
- Electronic engineering9→30
- MIMO3→24
- Radar1→22
- Antenna (radio)1→10
- MIMO18→35
- Radar4→21
- Beamforming73→88
- Telecommunications2→13
- Antenna (radio)14→22
- Electronic engineering1→6
- Beamforming8→10
Where 5g 6g is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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