KPN Logo — KPN is a Dutch fixed and mobile telephony, mobile operations including 2G and 3G. The activities of KPN are mobile phone companies E-Plus, BASE, Simyo, Blau and Ortel operates in several European countries (Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands).
The company was formerly Koninklijke PTT Nederland, and before Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen I wired in Telefonie or PTT and public ownership of fixed line operator in the Netherlands. Before the spin-off of TPG, the company also controlled by the Dutch national postal services. The Dutch government progressively privatized KPN since 1994, reducing its stake to 6.4% in 2005 and finally to zero in 2006. It has therefore waived its “golden share” right of veto. More