KPN
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| Type | Public (Euronext: KPN (NYSE: KPN) |
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| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Key people | Ad Scheepbouwer, CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Fixed line telephony mobile telephony Wireless Television |
| Revenue | €11.819 billion (2004) |
| Employees | 31,116 (as of 31 December 2004) |
| Slogan | "KPN sluit je aan" (Dutch: "KPN connects you") |
| Website | www.kpn.com |
KPN (in full Koninklijke KPN N.V., Royal KPN NV) (NYSE: KPN) is a Dutch fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations.
The company was formerly called Koninklijke PTT Nederland, and before that Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (State Company of Post, Telegraphy and Telephony), or PTT.
Before the spinoff of TPG, the company also controlled the national Dutch post. The company is based in The Hague.
As of 2004, KPN is active in the Dutch, German and Belgian mobile telecommunication markets.
In the Netherlands, KPN is the owner of the fixed telephone network and is the market leader in mobile telecommunications, with the brands KPN, Telfort and Hi.
On the Internet market, KPN is owner of the internet service providers XS4ALL, Planet Internet, Het Net, Freeler, Speedlinq, Demon Netherlands and HCCNet. They bought the Dutch subsidiary of Tiscali in September 2006.
In 2004, KPN also started offering digital terrestrial television in the Netherlands as part of its multi-play services [1] (Dutch). Since May 1st 2006 KPN also offers Mine TV, an IPTV service based on their DSL service, with the ability to receive Video on demand and replay your missed TV episodes besides regular TV programming.
In Germany, KPN is, with daughter company E-Plus, the third largest player on the mobile telephony market. In Belgium, the KPN subsidiary BASE is the third largest supplier of mobile telephony.
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