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Altice shows interest in KPN takeover
2015-06-29 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Cable group's CEO tells Dutch newspaper that his company is in a stronger position than KPN to invest in infrastructure.
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KPN, Orange, Swisscom invest in Actility
2015-06-16 10:03:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) KPN Ventures announced it is participating in a capital increase at France-based Actility, a provider of network solutions and managed information systems for the Internet of Things market. The Dutch operator's venture capital arm will take a minority stake in Actility and work with the company to develop the IoT in the Netherlands. Both Actility and KPN are founding members of the LoRa alliance, aimed at developing a global standard for long range low power (LoRa) connectivity to enable the Internet of Things, M2M, smart city and industrial applications. As previously communicated, KPN plans to introduce LoRa in the Netherlands before the end of the year. Foxconn's European venture capital partner Ginko Ventures, Orange and Swisscom also participated in Actility's financing round totalling USD 25 million.
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KPN, Orange, Swisscom plough $25m into IoT firm Actility
2015-06-16 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Investment round gives Actility funds it needs to accelerate development of open IoT network, platform.
KPN to start producing own TV content
2015-06-15 10:44:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Dutch operator KPN is entering the content market with agreements to make TV productions with Endemol Shine Nederland, Mojo Concerts, ADE and the Eredivisie football league. The content will be offered free to its customers over the IPTV service and the upcoming OTT service KPN Play. The first production will be the 10-episode series Brussel, written by Leon de Winter and produced by Endemol Shine Nederland. It will broadcast in the second half of 2016, and all ten of the 50-minute episodes will be offered at once for customers to view. KPN also plans music and sports productions, such as the partnership with Mojo to offer concerts and behind-the-scenes footage from the Amsterdam Dance Event and documentaries about great and small sports. This will include expanding the KPN Goal Alert service offered with the Eredivisie, with pre- and post-match overviews.
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KPN to invest EUR 35 mln in start-ups
2015-06-08 10:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) KPN will be investing EUR 35 million in KPN Ventures, an investment fund aimed at "outside-in" innovation and designed to increase KPN's involvement in start-ups. KPN wants to accelerate network and product innovation. The company noted that both technology and customer behaviour are changing fast, making it necessary to cooperate with flexible and innovative players. KPN is developing its own Wi-Fi network, and working on machine-to-machine communication in the license-free 868 MHz frequenties. To this goal, the company launched the LoRa industrial group earlier this year.Vodafone Netherlands is also investing in start-ups, but on a more modest scale.
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