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- Fiber
- Government
- Information and Communication Technology
- Internet
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- Long Term Evolution
- Low-Power Wide Area
- Market
- Monitoring
- Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Network Operator
- Network Service
- Protection
- Public Cloud
- Public Sector
- Regulatory Compliance
- Services
- Telemetry
- Virtualization
- Virtualized Infrastructure
- Virtual Private Network
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- Wide Area Network
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Who is KPN?
KPN (Royal KPN N.V.) is a Dutch telecommunications and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services provider delivering fixed and mobile connectivity, networking, and digital services for consumers, enterprises, and public-sector organizations.
- Fixed and mobile connectivity services for consumers and businesses, including broadband, telephony, and mobile data
- Enterprise network services such as Wide Area Network (WAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN), and managed connectivity (networking)
- ICT and cloud services for business customers, including hosting, managed cloud, and collaboration solutions (cloud and collaboration)
- Security services for network, cloud, and endpoint environments (cybersecurity)
- Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and data services for machine-to-machine and connected device scenarios (IoT connectivity)
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More About KPN
KPN (Royal KPN N.V.) is a telecommunications and ICT provider headquartered in the Netherlands, supplying fixed and mobile network services, managed connectivity, and digital solutions that support enterprise and institutional workloads. Its infrastructure underpins broadband internet, mobile voice and data, and IP-based services used by organizations across sectors such as government, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and logistics.
For enterprises, KPN delivers network connectivity services that include business internet access, IP-based telephony, and private networking such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs and other wide area networking (WAN) constructs (networking). These services are typically integrated into corporate network architectures that span branch offices, data centers, and cloud environments. KPN’s fixed network, including fiber and xDSL where available, and its mobile network, based on 4G and 5G radio access technologies (mobile networking), provide the underlay for these solutions, with support for standard IP routing and common enterprise protocols.
The company also offers ICT and cloud services (cloud services), which may include managed hosting, private and public cloud integration, virtualized infrastructure, and collaboration tools used to support digital workplaces. These services are positioned to run line-of-business applications, productivity suites, and communication platforms, and are often combined with managed network and security offerings to form end-to-end solutions. KPN works with standard virtualization, cloud, and IP service frameworks commonly used in enterprise environments, although detailed stack components and vendors are addressed at solution level between KPN and its customers.
Security services from KPN (cybersecurity) cover network-level protection, such as firewalls and secure gateways, as well as services that help secure endpoints, applications, and cloud workloads. These offerings align with standard security architectures that include perimeter security, zero-trust principles, and monitoring capabilities, and are typically integrated with customers’ identity and access management and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tooling. KPN’s role in this area is to provide Managed Security Services (MSS) and connectivity that support regulatory compliance and security baselines defined by customers or sector-specific guidelines.
In the IoT domain, KPN provides IoT connectivity and related managed services (IoT connectivity), using cellular technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G, and where applicable other Low-Power Wide Area (LPWA) approaches. These services are used to connect sensors, devices, and industrial equipment, enabling telemetry, asset tracking, and remote monitoring scenarios. Data from devices is transmitted over KPN’s networks into customer platforms or integrated IoT solutions, which can be used for analytics, process optimization, or operational visibility.
Within an enterprise technology directory, KPN fits into categories including telecommunications carriers, managed network service providers, cloud and ICT service providers, cybersecurity service providers, and IoT connectivity providers. Its portfolio maps to solution areas such as enterprise connectivity, WAN and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) services (networking), managed hosting and cloud integration (cloud services), managed security (cybersecurity), and managed IoT connectivity and device networking (IoT connectivity). These services are used as foundational components in many organizations’ network and application architectures, particularly within the Dutch market and for international connectivity linked to Dutch operations.
Our description of KPN. Updated December 2025.
