Telfort

Telfort is a brand of Dutch mobile telecommunication company KPN.

1996–2001
The company was formed in 1997 as a joint venture between British Telecommunications (BT) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways). In 2000, BT acquired the company and became part of BT Wireless division.

2001–2003
As BT Wireless demerged into mmO2 plc in 2001, The Netherlands division also changed its name to O2.

2003–2010
In 2003, O2 sold the company to Greenfield Capital Partners. It then reverted to the Telfort name. In July 2005 Telfort was sold to telephone company KPN.

2010–2019
In January 2019, KPN announced that it would eventually phase out the Telfort brand and continue operations under the KPN brand. The Telfort brand is due to close on May 1, 2019.