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KPN may acquire Dutch provider Youfone

KPN may acquire Dutch provider Youfone

The Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) has approved KPN's acquisition of Youfone. According to the competition regulator, the acquisition will not reduce competition. The ACM reached this conclusion after extensive research into the acquisition, which was announced in August 2023. For KPN, a... Read more

date1 month ago
Samsung forced to pay Dutch telco KPN $287 million in patent case

Samsung forced to pay Dutch telco KPN $287 million in patent case

A US jury has ruled in favour of KPN in a patent case against Samsung. The smartphone maker failed to pay $287 million (265 million euros) for the use of KPN patents, the lawsuit alleged. KPN has now reported on the favourable jury decision from a week and a half ago in its annual report. The fo... Read more

date2 months ago
Mobile data consumption reaches new records in the Netherlands

Mobile data consumption reaches new records in the Netherlands

In the third quarter of 2023, data consumption on mobile reached 558 million gigabytes, the highest quarterly consumption ever. This is according to figures from the Authority Consumer & Market, which has kept statistics on the mobile phone market since the beginning of 2014. Compared to the... Read more

date3 months ago
KPN invests in Slovakian CloudTalk

KPN invests in Slovakian CloudTalk

CloudTalk has raised 26 million euros from investment companies for further growth and innovation. KPN Ventures, among others, has invested in the call center software provider. Slovakia-based Cloudtalk has raised investment rounds totalling 26 million euros. Other investors include henQ, Point ... Read more

date3 months ago
KPN utilizes 5G network for drone flight optimization service

KPN utilizes 5G network for drone flight optimization service

KPN will demonstrate a new service that advances the use of commercial drones in the Netherlands at Amsterdam Drone Week, later this year. Drone Connect allows drones to connect to KPN's mobile 5G network. It can utilize the route planner to choose the optimal flight path for drone flight. Addition... Read more

date1 year ago
KPN acquires healthcare data exchange service Open HealthHub

KPN acquires healthcare data exchange service Open HealthHub

KPN Health has acquired Open HealthHub's medical data exchange service. KPN is looking to acquire and provide digital services for healthcare. The most recent acquisition concerns Open HealthHub's 'DVZA for VVT institutions', a medical data exchange service used in nursing homes, rest homes and ... Read more

date2 years ago

Dutch telecom provider KPN turns down two billion-dollar bids

KPN has rejected takeover bids from two different parties. Both a consortium of EQT and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and rival company KKR had made billion-dollar bids for the Dutch telecom provider. The bids were possibly as high as 18 billion euros, according to the Financial Times. KPN t... Read more

date3 years ago
GTT wants to connect multinationals with own network and SD-WAN

GTT wants to connect multinationals with own network and SD-WAN

GTT is working hard to become one of the largest SD-WAN suppliers in the world. It's not doing this by developing SD-WAN hardware, but by delivering and managing a solid SD-WAN solution. The company challenges the current market with its own worldwide Tier 1-network and SD-WAN solution. To get a... Read more

date4 years ago

KPN quits ISDN after almost 30 years and starts closing lines.

KPN has started to shut down most ISDN lines. ISDN was introduced almost thirty years ago and made it possible to call and surf the net over one telephone line. The provider announced its intention to stop using the technology as early as 2017. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) made it poss... Read more

date5 years ago
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