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Den Haag, 16-5-07

New business unit to offer integrated IT and telecoms solutions

The third quarter of 2007 will mark the start of a new business unit in KPN’s Business Market division, KPN ICT Services. This unit will develop and manage ICT solutions, both online and offline, for the entire business market, from self-employed individuals to corporations. With this move, KPN aims to meet the growing need in the business market for integrated ICT solutions, particularly online ones. All IT services related activities and acquisitions are being grouped together in the new business unit KPN ICT Services. To head the unit, KPN has appointed Erik van der Meijden (47), previously employed by Hewlett-Packard, where he was in charge of HP’s infrastructure and services activities in Northwestern Europe. Van der Meijden starts work on 4 June, and will report to Eelco Blok, Managing Director Business Market and member of KPN’s Board of Management.

The creation of this new business unit is still subject to the formal opinion of the Works Council.

KPN as a ‘One Stop ICT Shop’

‘Creating KPN ICT Services is another step forward in our drive to transform KPN from a traditional telecommunications company to a managed ICT company with integrated IT and telecoms solutions,’ Eelco Blok explains. ‘That is what our customers want from us. They want one supplier who can offer them all the ICT solutions they need, a ‘One Stop ICT Shop’ as it were. And starting in the third quarter of 2007, that is what we will be doing from a single business unit: KPN ICT Services. Through this unit, we will be an ICT partner to our customers, constantly adjusting and expanding our portfolio of products and services to their changing needs.’