Zeist, The Netherlands – With the signing of a new business partner agreement, KPN and NEC Philips Unified Solutions (NEC Philips) have reconfirmed their partnership in the area of business communications in The Netherlands. The contract involves sales and support of NEC Philips’ IP communication systems and solutions by KPN for a further period of 3 years. Both parties announced this at the busy NEC Phillips Customer day held today in Zeist, The Netherlands.

At the event Paul Kievit, President of NEC Philips Unified Solutions, presented KPN with the plaquette pertaining to the status of Platinum Business Partner and emphasized the important relationship between both parties. He indicated to expect this relationship will be further fuelled in the coming year by new developments in the NEC Philips portfolio.

The agreement confirms KPN’s ambition to serve the Dutch market with advanced IP based converged communication solutions that merge voice, data, fixed and mobile communications.

“KPN and NEC Philips have been cooperating over many years and have achieved a prime position in the Dutch enterprise communications market. This contract ensures our customers of the continuity of our services for years to come”, says Erwin Hemmen, director of KPN Enterprise Communication Services.

“We are delighted with KPN’s contract renewal and their confidence in our portfolio and organisation” says Tonko Wedda of NEC Philips. “It confirms our good relation with KPN over past years and the excellent position we have achieved as a result in the Dutch market. Many of our users in The Netherlands are a customer of KPN. With this new agreement we ensure the service to our customers who can keep their existing platforms up-to-date or alternatively migrate to new solutions we offer through KPN”, concludes Wedda.