KPN to Decide on ‘Difficult’ French Business Within 6 Months

Royal KPN NV, the largest Dutch phone company, will decide in the next six months whether to keep its French business as its wireless operations in the country face rising competition.

The French market is “difficult,” Thorsten Dirks, who heads the company’s international mobile-phone operations, said at a press event in Dusseldorf on Nov. 30. KPN, based in The Hague, has to decide whether to strengthen its business in France or dispose of it, he said.