Japan's DoCoMo gets base in London
News DoCoMo will create a headquarters in London and sign an agreement with Dutch controlled mobile firm KPN Mobile. DoCoMo previously invested 5bn euros in KPN Mobile and will now consider co-developing broadband mobile technology and licensing i-mode...
[September 29, 2000, 15:17]
I-mode services a hit with Europeans
News The European version is offered in Holland through KPN Mobile, and in Germany through E-Plus, which is majority owned by KPN. I-mode's foray into Europe appears to be meeting with early success, with the mobile information and entertainment service...
[May 13, 2002, 17:06]
Hutchison 3G tipped to buy mobile phone group
News Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo owns a 20 percent stake of Hutchison 3G, while another 15 percent belongs to Dutch group KPN Mobile. NTT DoCoMo operates the enormously successful i-mode service in Japan, and the company announced on Monday that...
[December 17, 2001, 11:39]
KPN Cuts Operating Costs by Two-Thirds in Migration to Unisys Servers With Microsoft Operating System
White Papers KPN, the market leader in major segments of the Dutch telecoms industry, operates a fixed telephony network in the Netherlands and mobile services in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. KPN wanted to reduce the costs and increase the...
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
ICQ goes wireless worldwide
News More specifically, ICQ will offer its SMS and two-way SMS products for Israel's Cellcom; mobile access to ICQ's contact lists for Germany's E-Plus and the Netherlands' KPN Mobile; and SMS and WAP applications for a Chinese-language mobile...
[February 19, 2003, 10:10]
NETPHONE LOGO
Downloads TM displays cellular network logo on the top right corner of default Call program in your Pocket PC Phone Edition deviceNETPHONE LOGOTM allows to show/hide the last call number or nameit is usefull if you do not want anybody to see your last...
[December 16, 2002, 7:00]
Is i-mode coming to a phone near you?
News The company is committed to building a 3G mobile network in Europe, in partnership with Hutchison Whampoa and KPN Mobile. In July, NTT DoCoMo promised to help European firms deliver Internet content to mobile phones using i-mode.
[October 25, 2000, 7:30]
Are the bad times over for WAP?
News Last month, the Japanese firm teamed up with Dutch group KPN Telecom and Telecom Italia Mobile to offer Internet services over mobile phones across Europe. Since its launch, WAP has been accused of failing to meet user expectations, which were...
[February 9, 2001, 9:59]
More woe for 3G, says research
News Those five proposed survivors include Vodafone, T-Mobil, France Telecom (owner of Orange) and BT Cellnet, along with one from either KPN, Telefonica, Telecom Italia or NTT DoCoMo. European mobile phone network operators will fail to generate...
[January 5, 2001, 13:52]
3G excesses fuel O2 takeover rumours
News Deutsche Telekom and KPN recently discussed a potential joint bid for O2, and we think the market will continue to discount consolidation possibilities," said Morgan Stanley. The vast sums of money spent by O2 on 3G mobile licences at the start of...
[September 1, 2005, 17:00]
Ericsson enters IPTV battle
News The company counts more than 75 US regional operators, as well as some overseas carriers, including KPN Royal Dutch Telecom and Belgacom in Europe and Advanced Datanetwork Communications in Thailand, as customers.
[June 7, 2006, 11:40]
Microsoft-based smartphone arrives in Europe
News Dutch carrier KPN on Tuesday began selling a new mobile phone in Europe that uses Microsoft software, a move that could put pressure on handset maker Nokia. Smartphones claimed just 1.7 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market in the second...
[July 7, 2004, 10:15]
News Burst: German auction beats UK record
News Alongside the 90 percent BT-owned Viag, the other winners were E-Plus Hutchison (a consortium made up of KPN, NTT and Hutchison), Group 3G (Sonera and Telefonica), Mannesman Multimedia, T-Mobil (the subsidary of Deutsche Telekom) and MobilCom...
[August 18, 2000, 9:37]
German 3G auction: And the winners are...
News Alongside the 90 percent BT-owned Viag, the other winners were E-Plus Hutchison (a consortium made up of KPN, NTT and Hutchison), Group 3G (Sonera and Telefonica), Mannesman Multimedia, T-Mobil (the subsidary of Deutsche Telekom) and MobilCom...
[August 18, 2000, 11:04]
Toshiba tests European i-mode waters
News The TS21i is initially only available through KPN Mobile in Germany and the Benelux countries. Slowly, cautiously and without undue haste, Toshiba is aiming to move into mobile phones in Europe. While Toshiba has been shipping mobile phones to the...
[March 13, 2002, 16:46]
Real-time text chat for the deaf
Blog It can be used on a mobile phone (KPN's launched it on the BlackBerry), a PC - whatever (hello all you IMS folks out there). by KPN. A middleware company called OpenCloud (not to be confused with WLAN provider The Cloud) has been in touch to make...
[January 22, 2007, 13:07]
McAfee readies ISP security services
News McAfee is working with a number of service providers, including Cable and Wireless, Telefonica, China Netcom and KPN on the products. The services include: intrusion prevention; secure content management; vulnerability management; virus and spyware...
[September 6, 2005, 15:40]
Europe's first 3G network goes live
News MmO2's 3G networks will cost £4bn to build, though it has little debt and expects 3G network-sharing deals with Deutsche Telekom and KPN Telecom will save £1.2bn in capital expenditure over 10 years. Europe's first 3G mobile network was permanently...
[December 5, 2001, 18:02]
Ericsson takes office apps mobile
News All Ericsson's enterprise products are sold indirectly, including deals with telcos KPN of the Netherlands and Telefonica in Spain. A company of 1000 employees would save £50,000 per year, if it equipped its mobile employees with PDAs that can...
[December 2, 2002, 8:02]
DoCoMo faces uphill battle to put US ahead of Europe
News There's also the fact that DoCoMo, through a deal with KPN, is also planning to launch i-mode in Europe. Japan's dominant mobile Internet network may be coming to the US, but industry observers say it will face an uphill battle there because of...
[December 1, 2000, 12:36]



