Modern for more than a century
Fixed network
KPN’s fixed network has been proving its strength for more than a century. It’s ubiquitous and it connects large parts of the Netherlands. As we are building the digital highway of the future, fiber forms the basis. And as a result of new discoveries, we’re constantly modernizing the fixed network. This enables us to process the ever-increasing amount of data. This way, the whole of the Netherlands benefits from high-grade broadband internet that is fast, stable and secure.
The foundation of our network is already entirely on fiber. Meanwhile, this high-quality network is being rolled out at record speed, becoming increasingly dense. A growing number of customers are benefiting from a KPN fiber connection right to their homes. We now have more customers using fiber than the copper network—a major milestone in KPN’s history. That number will only rise in the coming years, as we continue to replace our existing copper network with fiber at full speed.A fast, stable fixed internet connection is crucial for the ongoing digitalization of the Netherlands. That is why we are rolling out fiber across large parts of the country. It is a massive operation: more than 4,000 construction workers connect around 8,000 homes every week. That works out to approximately 1,200 per day, 150 per hour, and 2.5 per minute—day in, day out. To date, around 70% of households (including those served by Glaspoort and GlasDraad) are connected to fiber. We are continuing to expand to achieve our goal of reaching 85% by 2030.
Future-proof internet
Fiber on, copper off
KPN is investing in fiber to ensure that the Netherlands remains at the digital forefront in the future. This new technology, specially designed for the internet, is ready to meet all our data needs. Fiber is the future and offers greater stability, reliability and even higher speeds. This way, we’re ready for the future. Read more about our 5 promises for switching to fiber.
Leading in Europe
The fixed network of the Netherlands
The Netherlands leads Europe with the best and fastest internet connections. Data traffic on our fixed network continues to grow. The digitalization of our country contributes to this growth, but also the fact that many more people have started working from home due to the corona crisis. In the video, we explain how internet usage is growing and how we ensure fast and stable internet.
Unique in the world
Innovative techniques
With fiber, we’re reaching deep into Dutch residential areas, the last part of the fixed network usually consists of copper (VDSL). This copper network is of a very high quality. And thanks to the innovative techniques applied by KPN, the broadband connection at home is getting better.By using vectoring and VPlus (noise cancellation) we’re improving speeds significantly via VDSL. And because KPN’s copper network has the unique feature of using double threads in 90% of the Netherlands, we can double the speed of this network with ‘pairbonding’. Unique in the world. Bonded VPlus can offer download speeds above 400 Mbps. VPlus is already available at more than 800,000 addresses in the Netherlands.
Stable and reliable
The wishes and the online behavior of customers are changing. For example, we’re watching much more on-demand television and so-called Over The Top services like Netflix are growing. That’s why KPN is constantly investing in the capacity of the network in order to improve the quality and stability further; we are building the digital highway of the future. For example, in recent years we’ve introduced a new decentralized Metro Core network in 161 locations throughout the Netherlands. So the data that is frequently requested by our customers, such as on-demand television programs, has less far to go and so is accessed more quickly. In this way, we’re strengthening the speed and stability of the KPN network in the whole of the Netherlands. For consumers and also for all the business parks.
In less busy environments, for example in rural areas, KPN let customers benefit from integrated technology. With new technology that combines the bandwidth of the fixed network with that of the 4G mobile network. KPN is unique in the Netherlands in terms of making its fixed and mobile networks really work together to improve the experience of these customers.
KPN Netwerk
KPN Netwerk makes all this progress possible and ensures that everyone can make adjustments in a rapidly changing world. By making the network of the Netherlands even better, day after day. Even faster, more reliable and more secure. The work performed by KPN Netwerk consists of laying, optimizing and managing the network in the streets. But the communication about it is an important task too.
By constantly improving the network, KPN Netwerk ensures that everyone in the Netherlands benefits: citizens, businesses and official bodies, whether or not they are customers of KPN. And that makes the network part of every one of us – after all, together we form the network of the Netherlands.
