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Telecom outage making hospitals hard to reach

Mar 30 '20 13:42

An outage affecting KPN, VodafoneZiggo, and T-Mobile is causing connection problems throughout the Netherlands. Various healthcare institutions reported that they are hard to reach by telephone at present.

The Deventer Hospital and hospital group Rijnstate both reported on Twitter that they are difficult to reach due to the outage. "We recommend that you keep trying. Sorry for the inconvenience!" Rijnstate said. GGD Drenthe, and the Zaans Medical Center also reported problems with their telephones, according to NOS.

Top 4 telecom providers fined millions over misleading sales pitches

Dec 30 '19 10:54

Business Top Stories

The four top telecom providers in the Netherlands were fined a combined total of 13.2 million euros by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). All four were alleged to have provided "incorrect and incomplete information about their offerings" on their consumer-facing websites, the ACM said on Monday.

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Mobile data use up 18%; biggest ever recorded increase

Dec 18 '19 17:10

Business Technology

People in the Netherlands used 18 percent more mobile data in the first half of the year, than the first six months of 2018. It’s the single largest increase ever recorded, according to the Authority for Consumer & Markets in (ACM). Mobile data consumption rose to three gigabytes monthly per mobile connection in the second quarter of the year.

Intelligence service investigating Huawei espionage in Netherlands: report

May 16 '19 13:30

Business Crime

Dutch intelligence and security service AIVD is investigating whether Chinese technology company Huawei has been involved in espionage in the Netherlands, due to concerns that the company has a hidden backdoor to customer data at one the Netherlands' three largest telecom providers - VodafoneZiggo, KPN or the merger of T-Mobile and Tele2, the Volkskrant reports.

The AIVD would not comment to Volkskrant questions about the investigation. Telecom providers also refuse to respond or are unaware of an investigation by the intelligence service.

Telecom disruption turns off hundreds of ankle monitors in Netherlands

Aug 9 '18 11:30

Crime Technology

A disruption at telecom provider Tele2 over the weekend turned off hundreds of ankle monitors. The disruption started late on Friday morning. By Sunday morning, all ankle monitors were again connected with the control room, the Ministry of Justice and Security said, RTL Nieuws reports.

T-Mobile Nederland acquires Tele2 in €190 million deal

Dec 15 '17 11:30

Business

Telecom provider T-Mobile Nederland is taking over the Dutch branch of competitor Tele2. T-Mobile is paying 190 million euros for this acquisition, the companies announced in a press release. The two telecom providers will continue under the banner of T-Mobile, NU.nl reports.

Only the Dutch branch of Tele2 is being sold. The Swedish parent company of Tele2 Nederland will possess a quarter of the new joint venture's share, T-Mobile takes the rest.

All Dutch mobile network providers rated world-class

Apr 20 '17 11:05

Business Technology

Dutch telecom companies KPN, Tele2, T-Mobile and Vodafone all have world-class mobile networks, according to German bureau P3 in its annual network test. P3 called the results of the Dutch networks "impressive", AD reports.

Dutch Supreme Court refers Pirate Bay blockade case to Europe

Nov 13 '15 17:26

Business Crime

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands is sending a series of questions to the European Court of Justice to decide if by sharing torrent files, The Pirate Bay is violating Europe's copyright directive. The questions concern a court case brought by copyright protection organization Brein against internet service providers Ziggo and XS4ALL.

Tele2 stuns mobile industry with cheap 4G deals on phone purchase

Nov 11 '15 12:53

Business

Tele2 is officially launching its 4G network. The network will be available to everyone from Thursday. The provider has several packages on offer, ranging from 1 GB to 24 GB, twice as large as the Netherlands' current largest available data bundle. All data bundles are available at "unusually low prices", according to the Tele2 press release.

KPN, Tele2 outages caused by fiber optic cable damage

Sep 25 '15 11:56

Business

Damage to a KPN fiber optic cable in Utrecht caused internet, television and landline phone service outages on Friday for a wide swath of customers using the Dutch company’s extensive network. The issue hit KPN and its subsidiary, Telfort, as well as Tele2, reported broadcaster NOS.

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Denounced Dutch spying law gets cabinet approval

Sep 7 '15 11:28

Technology

Minister Ronald Plasterk plans to push ahead with the new law that will give the Dutch secret services more capacity for data mining and internet and phone tapping, despite criticism and complaints from privacy activists, human rights organizations and telecom companies.

Default router WiFi passwords easy to hack

Aug 11 '15 10:52

Technology

The WiFi passwords on the most common routers in the Netherlands are very easy to hack. The default passwords set by the router manufacturers or internet service providers are a variation of the network address or serial number.

Tele2 switching on 4G, customers moved to fast network by July

Apr 3 '15 12:12

Technology

Tele2 customers with smartphones that can handle 4G connections, will be transferred onto the faster network within 3 months, spokesperson Jan-Willem Gussinklo confirmed to NU.

Pirate Bay open to KPN users

Mar 1 '14 04:32

Business

Following Ziggo and XS4ALL, now KPN will also remove the block on The Pirate Bay website, announced KPN, Friday.

KPN, UPC, Tele2 continue blocking The Pirate Bay

Jan 28 '14 16:04

Technology

The Hague court order to unblock The Pirate Bay torrent site will not apply to KPN, UPC and Tele2.

Dutch court orders ISPs to unblock The Pirate Bay

Jan 28 '14 13:05

Entertainment

A Judge in The Hague had ruled that ISP's in the Netherlands should unblock The Pirate Bay.

Week in review: November 16-22

Nov 23 '13 04:31

The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: singer Trijntje Oosterhuis underestimates the power of social media, the arrival of Sinterklaas and his helpers in The Netherlands, Hungarian pimps arrested for human trafficking, diplomats assault a reporter, 'Holland's got Talent' and 'RTL Late Night' in the spotlight for racism, an Euro Atlantic Airways aircraft continues to it destination despite potentially dangerous problems, and Joran van der Sloot demanding a new trial.

Tele2 May Sell Fixed-Line Assets in Netherlands

Nov 21 '13 12:06

Business

Tele2 AB is building a 4th-generation network in the Netherlands and could sell older fixed-line assets in the country, Bloomberg News reports.

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