Koninklijke KPN N.V.

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Company Overview


Company: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
Industry: Local Exchange Carriers
Website: http://www.kpn.com

Koninklijke KPN, which is also known as Royal KPN, is the leading provider of telecommunications services in the Netherlands where it has more than 5 million fixed-line phone customers. The company's core business, however, is KPN Mobile which serves more than 27 million subscribers in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium. Through its ownership of several European ISPs, KPN also provides Internet access to more than 2 million customers and it offers business network services and data transport throughout Western Europe. Subsidiary Getronics provides a wide range of information technology services to clients in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 18,605.699 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Sales 16.9 (2007)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 3,901.7 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Net Income 88.3 (2007)
Number of Employees 47,000 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 65.7 (2007)
Fiscal Year-End December