KPN makes headway with the roll-out of its glasvezeldiensten by the acquisition of several providers of such services, including, XMS and Concepts ICT. In 2015, wants to KPN eventually 45 percent of the broadband market to operate.
Although KPN’s ambition to be bigger on the glasvezelmarkt no secret, the acquisitions come as a surprise. In total, KPN four glasvezelaanbieders about. Edutel, XMS and Concepts ICT are now in the hands of Reggeborgh, while Lijbrandt is owned by Reggefiber.
KPN has in Reggefiber already a minority interest of 41 per cent and will also Reggefiber Wholesale initially. This part was concerned with the provision of glasvezeldiensten to third parties. By the changed relationship between KPN and Reggefiber have the latter only have to deal with the construction of networks and the management thereof.
KPN hopes to eventually have 60 percent of Reggefiber to get your hands on. As soon as a million households through the network of Reggefiber glasvezeldiensten can get, KPN are important with a 10 percentage point increase. As soon as there are 1.5 million households are connected, the importance by a further 9 percentage point increase.
Previously reported Tweakers.net in total, there are now 844.000 households are suitable for fibre through the network of Reggefiber; at the end of last year, was the counter on 658.000. Although the likelihood seems that this year all the border of a million is broken, seems to be the aim of 1.1 to 1.3 million connected households in 2012 at this pace feasible. KPN expects the border of 1.5 million customers, not for 2014 to reach.
In total, KPN via partner Reggefiber now 77.000 fiberklanten, where is that in the second quarter of 61.000. The four glasvezelaanbieders operate together approximately 110,000 customers through the network of Reggefiber. By the acquisitions, which, incidentally, is still by kartelwaakhond NMa must be approved, KPN in a blow 187.000 glasvezelklanten. KPN wants to own the end of next year to 250,000 glasvezelklanten.
At the end of October reported Tweakers.net all that KPN in silence to the investment in fibre optics had further increased. Initially proposed KPN via glasvezelpartner Reggefiber to invest in the construction of fiber connections in the living room, but the company no longer wanted to wijkkasten to make them suitable for fiber. Meanwhile, it appears KPN, however, get to do, so confirmed the company’s earlier Tweakers.net.
Currently, the company, about 2,000 new customers per week. It is expected that the greater availability and campaigns will result in this number in the next period increases, so that KPN at the end of next year its target of 250,000 households, if the customer can realize. One of the new bait advertising is a glasvezelabonnement of 500Mbps symmetrical, which this year is introduced. Also, the user interface of KPN’s iptv platform refreshed.
KPN emphasized, incidentally, is certainly not goodbye to have taken note of vdsl2 and is also still in its copper network to invest. So it starts in december, a pilot with pair bonding on copper network. The use of pair bonding, where several copper lines are used, throughput of 40 to 80Mbps possible. With the vectoring algorithm would, in the long term speeds up to 120Mbps may be obtained.