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- Companies based in Rotterdam
- Companies in the AEX index
- Companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam
- Mobile phone companies of the Netherlands
- Telecommunications companies of Belgium
- Telecommunications companies of Germany
- Telecommunications companies of Spain
- Telecommunications companies of the Netherlands
AEX index
The AEX index, derived from Amsterdam Exchange index, is a stock market index composed of Dutch companies that trade on Euronext Amsterdam, formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
América Móvil
América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican telecommunications corporation headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
BASE (mobile operator)
Base (stylized as BASE) is the third largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators.
See KPN and BASE (mobile operator)
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
See KPN and Belgium
BlackRock
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company.
Bouygues Telecom
Bouygues Telecom is a French mobile phone, Internet service provider and IPTV company, part of the Bouygues group.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
See KPN and Canada
Capgemini
Capgemini SE is a French multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France.
Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim Helú (born 28 January 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.
Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
See KPN and Chief executive officer
Corporate spin-off
A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active.
See KPN and Corporate spin-off
Corporatization
Corporatization is the process of transforming and restructuring state assets, government agencies, public organizations, or municipal organizations into corporations.
Demon Internet
Demon Internet was a British Internet service provider, initially an independent business, later operating as a brand of Vodafone.
Digital subscriber line
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines.
See KPN and Digital subscriber line
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format.
See KPN and Digital terrestrial television
Digitenne
Digitenne is the Dutch digital terrestrial television platform.
Dominique Leroy
Dominique Leroy (born 8 November 1964, Ixelles) is a Belgian businesswoman who has been serving as member of the Board of Deutsche Telekom with responsibility for the Europe segment since 2020.
DPG Media
DPG Media Group is a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark.
E-Plus
E-Plus was a mobile telecommunications operator in Germany.
See KPN and E-Plus
EQT AB
EQT AB is a Swedish global investment organization founded in 1994.
See KPN and EQT AB
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie ("Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands.
EUnet
EUnet was a very loose collaboration of individual European UNIX sites in the 1980s that evolved into the fully commercial entity EUnet International Ltd in 1996.
See KPN and EUnet
Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
See KPN and Euro
Euronext
Euronext N.V. (short for European New Exchange Technology) is a pan-European bourse that provides trading and post-trade services for a range of financial instruments.
See KPN and Euronext
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
See KPN and France
Franklin Templeton Investments
Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc.
See KPN and Franklin Templeton Investments
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts.
See KPN and Full-time equivalent
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
See KPN and Germany
Getronics
Getronics is a Dutch-headquartered ICT services business, founded in 1887 and today employing approximately 4,000 employees across Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
Golden share
In business and finance, a golden share is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization and transformation into a stock-company.
Government Pension Fund of Norway
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (Statens pensjonsfond) is composed of two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the government of Norway.
See KPN and Government Pension Fund of Norway
GSM
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
See KPN and GSM
Het Nieuwsblad
(The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.
I-mode
NTT DoCoMo's i-mode is a mobile internet (distinct from wireless internet) service popular in Japan.
See KPN and I-mode
IBasis
iBASIS is a communications provider based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
See KPN and IBasis
Information and communications technology
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and manipulate information.
See KPN and Information and communications technology
Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage.
See KPN and Information technology
Interactive television
Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.
See KPN and Interactive television
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
See KPN and Internet
Internet Protocol television
Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
See KPN and Internet Protocol television
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.
See KPN and Internet service provider
Koninklijk
Koninklijk (Dutch for 'royal') is an honorary title given to certain companies and non-profit organisations in the Netherlands and to a lesser extent Belgium, by the monarchs of each country.
Koninklijke TNT Post
Koninklijke TNT Post BV was the national postal company in the Netherlands, owned by TNT N.V. Until May 2011, it operated under the brand TNT Post and employed 75,000 people.
See KPN and Koninklijke TNT Post
KPNQwest
KPNQwest was a telecommunications company equally owned by the Dutch national telecom operator KPN and Qwest Communications International Inc., the Internet communications company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
See KPN and KPNQwest
Landline
A landline (land line, land-line, main line, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS, Twisted pair, telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN).
See KPN and Landline
List of telecommunications companies
This list identifies the fixed line operators and the mobile operators for the top 200 most populous countries in the world.
See KPN and List of telecommunications companies
LTE (telecommunication)
In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.
See KPN and LTE (telecommunication)
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels.
See KPN and Mail
Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (Ministerie van Economische Zaken; EZ) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for international trade, commercial, industrial, investment, technology, space policy, as well as tourism.
See KPN and Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
Mobile network operator
A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a mobile network provider, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile network carrier, or cellular company, is a telecommunications provider of services that sells, delivers and maintains mobile telephony services to an end user.
See KPN and Mobile network operator
Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
Mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers.
See KPN and Mobile virtual network operator
Naamloze vennootschap
Naamloze vennootschap (correctly abbreviated NV) or (in the French Community of Belgium) Société anonyme (SA) is a type of public company defined by business law in the Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia (where it is known as perseroan terbatas, correctly abbreviated PT and allows for private companies), and Suriname.
See KPN and Naamloze vennootschap
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephony) is an automatic cellular phone system specified by Nordic telecommunications administrations (PTTs) and opened for service on 1 October 1981.
See KPN and Nordic Mobile Telephone
Norges Bank
Norges Bank is the central bank of Norway.
NTT Docomo
, also known as, is a Japanese mobile phone operator owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT).
Optical fiber
An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other.
Orange Belgium
Orange Belgium (known as Orange) is a Belgian telecommunications company.
Postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
Postal, telegraph and telephone service
A postal, telegraph, and telephone service (or PTT) is a government agency responsible for postal mail, telegraph, and telephone services.
See KPN and Postal, telegraph and telephone service
PostNL
PostNL N.V., commonly known as PostNL (formerly TNT N.V.) is a Dutch mail, parcel and e-commerce company with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. KPN and PostNL are companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
See KPN and PostNL
Privatization
Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.
Proximus Group
The Proximus Group is a provider of digital services and communication solutions operating in Belgium and international markets. KPN and Proximus Group are telecommunications companies of Belgium.
Qwest
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier.
See KPN and Qwest
Rotterdam
Rotterdam (lit. "The Dam on the River Rotte") is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.
Screen International
Screen International is a British film magazine covering the international film business.
See KPN and Screen International
Simyo
Simyo is a brand for various mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Europe. KPN and Simyo are mobile phone companies of the Netherlands.
See KPN and Simyo
Singtel
Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate, the country's principal fixed-line operator and one of the four major mobile network operators operating in the country.
See KPN and Singtel
State of the art
The state of the art (SOTA or SoTA, sometimes cutting edge, leading edge, or bleeding edge) refers to the highest level of general development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field achieved at a particular time.
Stonepeak
Stonepeak (also known as Stonepeak Partners and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners) is an American investment firm headquartered in New York City.
Supervisory board
In corporate governance, a governance board also known as council of delegates are chosen by the stockholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and fire the board of directors.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
See KPN and Sweden
Swisscom
Swisscom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.
See KPN and Swisscom
TDC Holding A/S
TDC Holding A/S or TDC Group (formerly Tele Danmark Communications) is a Danish telecommunications company dating back to 1879.
Technological convergence
Technological convergence is the tendency for technologies that were originally unrelated to become more closely integrated and even unified as they develop and advance.
See KPN and Technological convergence
Tele2
Tele2 AB is a provider of mobile and fixed connectivity, telephony, data network services, TV, streaming and global Internet of Things services, amongst others, to consumers and enterprises.
See KPN and Tele2
Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.
See KPN and Telecommunications
Telefónica
, S.A. is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company with registered office and headquarters located in two different places, both in Madrid, Spain. KPN and Telefónica are telecommunications companies of Spain.
Telefónica Germany
Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. KPN and Telefónica Germany are telecommunications companies of Germany.
See KPN and Telefónica Germany
Telenet Group
Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium.
Telfort
Telfort was a brand of Dutch mobile telecommunication company KPN. KPN and Telfort are mobile phone companies of the Netherlands.
See KPN and Telfort
Telkomsel
PT Telekomunikasi Selular, trading as Telkomsel, is an Indonesian telecommunications company founded in 1995.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
See KPN and The Wall Street Journal
Thomas Nationwide Transport
Thomas Nationwide Transport, commonly known by its TNT acronym, and in its later years as TNT Limited, was an Australian logistics and transport company.
See KPN and Thomas Nationwide Transport
UMTS
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard.
See KPN and UMTS
Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
XS4ALL
XS4ALL was an Internet service provider (ISP) in the Netherlands.
See KPN and XS4ALL
1G
1G refers to the first generation of cellular network (wireless) technology.
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2G
2G is a short notation for second-generation cellular network, a group of technology standards employed for cellular networks.
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3G
3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.
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4G
4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 3G and preceding 5G.
See KPN and 4G
5G
In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the successor to 4G technology that provides connectivity to most current mobile phones.
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5G NR
5G NR (New Radio) is a radio access technology (RAT) developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for the 5G (fifth generation) mobile network.
See KPN and 5G NR
See also
Companies based in Rotterdam
- Acomo (Amsterdam Commodities)
- Coolblue
- Damen Verolme Rotterdam
- ERS Railways
- Ecorys
- Eneco
- Fagron
- Floating Farm
- Friendly Folk Records
- GE Artesia Bank
- Global Credit Data
- HousingAnywhere
- KPN
- Lemniscaat
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- MVRDV
- MeesPierson
- Nedlloyd
- Provimi
- Refresco
- Robeco
- Roteb
- Sana Commerce
- Shell Aircraft
- Smit International
- Soedesco
- Stena Line Holland BV
- Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland
- Van Oord
- Vestia (public housing organization)
- Vopak
Companies in the AEX index
- ASM International
- ASML Holding
- ASR Nederland
- Adyen
- Aegon
- Ahold Delhaize
- AkzoNobel
- ArcelorMittal
- Besi
- DSM (company)
- Heineken N.V.
- ING Group
- Just Eat Takeaway.com
- KPN
- NN Group
- Philips
- Prosus
- RELX
- Randstad NV
- Shell plc
- Signify N.V.
- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Wolters Kluwer
Companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam
- ABN AMRO
- AFC Ajax N.V.
- ASM International
- ASML Holding
- ASR Nederland
- Aalberts
- Adyen
- Aegon
- Ahold Delhaize
- AkzoNobel
- Aperam
- Arcadis
- Besi
- Boskalis
- CVC Capital Partners
- Corbion
- DSM (company)
- Ebusco
- Fagron
- Fastned
- Flow Traders
- Fugro
- Galapagos NV
- Heineken N.V.
- Hunter Douglas
- ING Group
- JDE Peet's
- Just Eat Takeaway.com
- KPN
- Lucas Bols
- Majorel
- MotorK
- NN Group
- Philips
- PostNL
- Prosus
- RELX
- Randstad NV
- SBM Offshore
- Shell plc
- Signify N.V.
- TomTom
- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Unilever
- Universal Music Group
- Vopak
- Wolters Kluwer
- Yandex
Mobile phone companies of the Netherlands
- 6G Mobile
- Ben NL
- KPN
- MTV Mobile
- Odido
- Simyo
- T-Mobile (brand)
- Tele2 Netherlands
- Telecommunications in the Netherlands
- Telfort
- VEON
- Vodafone Netherlands
Telecommunications companies of Belgium
- BeTV (Belgium)
- Crescent (Belgian company)
- International Bell Telephone Company
- KPN
- Numericable
- Proximus Group
- Scarlet (company)
- TV Vlaanderen
- Telindus
- Voxbone
Telecommunications companies of Germany
- ADVA Optical Networking
- Alcan Systems
- Arcor (telecommunications)
- Deutsche Telekom
- Hughes Europe
- IPCom
- KPN
- Mix & Genest
- Snom
- TELES
- Telefónica Germany
- Telegate
- Tenovis
- WINGCON
Telecommunications companies of Spain
- ACS Group
- Abertis
- Cellnex
- Digi Communications
- Ezentis Group
- Fon Wireless
- Guifi.net
- Jazztel
- KPN
- Movistar
- Retevisión
- Telefónica
- Terra (company)
- Yoigo
Telecommunications companies of the Netherlands
- Altice (company)
- Alticom
- BelCompany
- Caiway
- Casema
- Celtel
- Delta (company)
- Edutel
- IPTP Networks
- Interxion
- KPN
- Kabelnoord
- Lebara
- NOVEC
- Priority Telecom
- Rabo Mobiel
- Scarlet (company)
- Tele2 Netherlands
- Teledata Networks
- UPC Netherlands
- VEON
- Ziggo
References
Also known as Ay Yildiz, Hi (mobile), KPN Internet, KPN Mobile, KPN Retail, Mine TV, Netherlands Postal, Telegraph and Telephone, Ortel Mobile, PTT (Netherlands), PTT Nederland, PTT Telecom, PTT-NL, Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie, Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (Nederland), Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie (Netherlands), Royal KPN, Royal KPN N.V., Royal KPN NV, Staatsbedrijf der Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie.

