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KPN establishes international M2M team, deepens partnership with Jasper Wireless
Den Haag, 17-5-10
KPN has established a dedicated team to address the growing requirement for Machine to Machine (M2M) mobile communication solutions. The KPN Group will market a coherent suite of M2M services for multinationals as well as for companies with local, national or international operations.
KPN has furthermore deepened its partnership with Jasper Wireless, the leading M2M service platform provider. As part of the partnership, KPN becomes Jasper Wireless’ preferred network operator for Europe and exclusive network operator in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands and KPN will extend its current international Managed M2M solution to E-Plus and to KPN Group Belgium. This enables companies throughout Germany and Belgium as well as the Netherlands to take advantage of the deployment speed and scale made possible with the KPN Managed M2M solution. In addition, KPN has made an equity investment in the Sunnyvale, California based company.
Machine to Machine services enable automated remote communication. Their application in areas such as smart metering, track and trace and consumer electronics is viewed as one of the most interesting growth areas in the mobile communications market. Bundling its knowledge and experience in one dedicated M2M team will enable the KPN Group to more effectively serve the needs of customers across its territories.
In recent months, companies including Garmin International Inc. and Konica Minolta Europe have selected KPN and Jasper Wireless to supply pan-European managed M2M services.
About KPN
KPN is the leading telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, internet and TV to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. KPN’s subsidiary Getronics operates a global ICT services company with a market leading position in the Benelux, offering end-to-end solutions in infrastructure and network-related IT. In Germany and Belgium, KPN pursues a Challenger strategy in its wireless operations and holds number three market positions through E-Plus and BASE. In Spain and France, KPN offers wireless services as an MVNO through its own brands and through partner brands. KPN provides wholesale network services to third parties and operates an efficient IP-based infrastructure with global scale in international wholesale through iBasis.
At December 31st, 2009, KPN served over 41.2 million customers, of which 32.9 million were in wireless services, 4.7 million in wireline voice, 2.6 million in broadband Internet and 1 million in TV. With 20,755 FTEs in the Netherlands (33,148 FTEs for the whole group), KPN reported full-year revenues of EUR 13.5bn and an EBITDA of EUR 5.2bn in 2009. KPN was incorporated in 1989 and is listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
