KPN has obtained an attractive spectrum package of 100 MHz of 3.5 GHz frequency licenses in the Dutch spectrum auction for a total consideration of € 58.4 million.
The licenses have a duration up to and including 2040 and enable KPN to take the next step in 5G and to cope with the growing demand of mobile data in the coming years.
Joost Farwerck, CEO KPN: “After the multiband auction in 2020 we have made a great start with 5G via the 700 MHz band, with worldwide recognition for network quality and coverage. The newly acquired 3.5 GHz licenses will increase network capacity and enable higher throughput for our customers to enter the next phase of 5G. The auction outcome allows us to continue offering high-quality mobile services and to develop new and innovative 5G services for our customers, in line with our Connect, Activate & Grow strategy.”
KPN’s fixed network has been proving its strength for more than a century. It’s ubiquitous and it connects large parts of the Netherlands. As it is building the digital highway of the future, fiber forms the basis. And as a result of new discoveries, KPN is constantly modernizing the fixed network.
This enables the company to process the ever-increasing amount of data. This way, the whole of the Netherlands benefits from high-grade broadband internet that is fast, stable and secure.
The KPN network is already fully based on fiber. It is rolling out in record pace this high-quality and increasingly interconnected network. A growing number of customers are benefiting from a fiber-optic connection to the home: recently the three millionth fiber optic connection at KPN was a fact.
Almost half of all Dutch households (3.9 million) have a fiber connection and therefore have access to superfast internet; more than 75% of them via KPN. Every week, KPN connects around 9,000 households to the fiber network. Over three million more will be added by KPN and Glaspoort before the end of 2026. At that pace, almost everyone in the Netherlands will have a fiber connection in 2026.
In addition, KPN connects entire neighbourhoods in the Netherlands with fiber through the outroll of fiber to thousands of street cabinets. The last meters are via VDSL. KPN is providing entire neighborhoods with high-quality and fast internet in an efficient manner. Now, four out of five Dutch homes have access to broadband via fiber or a combination of fiber and VDSL.
At the same time, KPN has also improving the speed of the fiber optic network. Thanks to the PON technology, speeds of up to 10 Gbps are possible.
