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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]
KPN buys UK leg of KPNQwest
News Dutch telecoms group KPN has agreed to buy the British assets of its failed networking joint venture KPNQwest. Since then, KPN has bought parts of KPNQwest, including the Dutch network and a data centre at the Hague.
[September 13, 2002, 15:48]
KPNQwest network granted more time
News Investment bank Bear Stearns has just under three weeks to find a buyer for the KPNQwest network, after an increased offer from shareholders KPN allowed the liquidators to keep the network running. Less supportive has been KPN, a shareholder that...
[June 12, 2002, 11:34]
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]
KPNQwest set for breakup as AT&T pulls out
News This apparently leaves one known serious bid for the whole network still standing, from Dutch investment group Trimoteur, but French liquidators have promised to sell KPN's French unit separately on Friday, which effectively means any deal for the...
[June 28, 2002, 8:48]
KPNQwest loses its grip on data
News It is a joint venture between Dutch national carrier KPN and US-based Qwest Communications International. Investment bank Bear Stearns has less than three weeks to find a buyer for the KPNQwest network, after an increased offer from shareholder KPN...
[June 13, 2002, 11:46]
KPNQwest network nears closure as legal battle looms
News This call joins that of KPNQwest bondholders who have made the same demand of KPN and Qwest, following a meltdown faster than that of the collapsed power giant Enron. However, the lifeboat may contain less than it would appear, as it emerged over...
[June 24, 2002, 12:36]
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]
KPNQwest collapse threatens Europe's Net
News The news has caused shockwaves, as the company, a joint venture between Dutch national carrier KPN and the US-based Qwest, was seen as a survivor in the carnage of new telco providers. Even if such a deal were to be agreed, it would take several...
[May 31, 2002, 12:53]
KPNQwest struggles back after shutdown - but for how long?
News Efforts to keep customers and sell the network as a going concern reached a brick wall last week when staff walked out after KPN withdrew the lifeline funding it had kept up for two months. All the customers had left; the only people using the...
[July 25, 2002, 10:46]
KPNQwest: Still no goal in extra time
News The largest shareholder and one of the founders of KPNQwest, KPN Telecom, has still to pay a debt to KPNQwest. A KPN spokesperson said the company is willing to pay this debt, although it is not clear whether this refers to the whole debt...
[June 11, 2002, 10:56]
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]
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. The phone, Sierra Wireless' Voq Professional Phone, will make its debut in the United...
[July 7, 2004, 10:15]
KPNQwest could face Enron-style investigation
News The US carrier Qwest and the Dutch telco KPN both took long-term capacity, in the form of 20-year licences, from their joint venture, KPNQwest, which booked all this money as revenue for 2001. KPN has kept quiet about its dealings with KPNQwest...
[June 10, 2002, 17:10]
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]
Real-time text chat for the deaf
Blog by KPN. 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). 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]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Before he was at Lucent, he was at Dutch telco KPN, and that's far more interesting. KPN used to be the state telco, with all the sins that this implies. Thursday 13/12/2001 BT has a new boss - Ben Verwaayen, previously vice-chairman of Lucent...
[December 13, 2001, 14:07]
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]
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. The company, better known over here for its PC and...
[March 13, 2002, 16:46]
