KPN originated from a government-run postal, telegraph and telephone service and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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20 Facts About KPN
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KPN remained wholly owned but no longer managed by the Dutch government.
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In 1992, KPN cofounded GD Express Worldwide with TNT and the state owned postal companies of Canada, France, West Germany and Sweden.
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KPN took over its GDEW partner TNT between October 1996 and January 1997.
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Dutch government progressively privatised KPN beginning in 1994, with KPN listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, then reduced its stake to 6.
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From 2002 until 2007 KPN Mobile provided i-mode services on its mobile phone networks.
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KPN was set to bring together the state-of-the-art fibre-optic networks of the two partners and the Internet services expertise and customer base of EUnet International.
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KPN has operational synergies through joint ventures with TDC and Swisscom.
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KPN is still divesting parts of Getronics that didn't meet their core interests.
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KPN operates a mobile services network for 2G GSM, 4G LTE, and 5G NR technologies.
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KPN previously offered 1G services until 1999 and 3G UMTS services until 31 March 2022.
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In September 2019, KPN announced that Dominique Leroy will succeed Maximo Ibarra as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management, with effect from 1 December 2019.
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In 2004, KPN started offering digital terrestrial television in the Netherlands as part of its multi-play services via its subsidiary Digitenne.
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Since 1 May 2006, KPN offers Interactive Television, 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.
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KPN Retail is a Dutch subsidiary that owns retail stores branded KPN Winkel.
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In 2007 KPN purchased the Belgian fixed telephone and broadband operations of the Tele2-Versatel joint venture.
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In Germany, KPN formerly owned mobile provider E-Plus, which was Germany's third largest mobile phone network.
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In France, KPN was active as a mobile virtual network operator under the brand name Simyo, which was sold to Bouygues Telecom in 2011.
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In 2006, KPN acquired Belgian ICT services company Newtel Essence .
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