KPN wins government fixed line phone contract after court case

Former state monopoly KPN has won an order to provide fixed line services for the national government apparatus after a court case, the Financieele Dagblad reported at the weekend.


The paper says KPN was excluded at an early stage of the tender process because it had approached competitors.
The contract, worth €120m, eventually went to Tele2. However, in April, a court in The Hague ruled that the state was wrong to exclude KPN and re-opened the tender process.
The contract has now been awarded to KPN but competitors have until July 26 to appeal, the paper says.

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