Telecom provider KPN punch its French subsidiary KPN France. The company is sold to a French telecom provider. KPN offered in France no services under its own name, but as a sim-only provider Simyo.
KPN France was sold to Bouygues Telecom, a French telecommunications provider with its own network. That KPN has announced. The Dutch telecom giant does not indicate what Bouygues to the acquisition, the company has laid down. According to KPN, the sale of KPN France no consequences for customers.
KPN did not under his own name, services in France; it did this under the flag of the sim-only provider Simyo, which is also active in the Netherlands. Or Bouygues that brand will maintain, is still unknown. Simyo, without its own network, as a virtual provider active on the networks of Orange and Bouygues. It is obvious that all customers now on Bouygues will move on.
According to Wireless Federation doubted KPN between selling or investing in its French branch. Incidentally, remains KPN is still active on the French market through its subsidiary Ortel Mobile, which operates in different countries and mainly focuses on migrants.
In april, KPN is a significant reorganisation; supposedly, the sale of KPN France part of the cost savings. In the Netherlands, wants the telecom provider between four and five thousand jobs.