Youngsters Provider Hi goes by the name of KPN – NU.nl

That makes the Dutch company announced on Tuesday. Hi How many customers currently unknown.

KPN will conclude the 52 Hi stores in the Netherlands and the company says that “for the majority of the workers concerned” within KPN redeployment opportunities. According to a spokeswoman employs currently about 315 people at the stores, which together account for 215 full-time jobs.

Hi, founded in 1996 all youth brand and focused mainly on the generation that always wants to be connected anywhere. The data bundles at Hi thus were generally larger than KPN.

According to KPN, the brands are, however, much closer together. The wishes of Hi-customers and KPN customers more and more consistent and also exhibit strong similarities would offer.

Bundle and number

Customers of Hi are automatically transferred to KPN need to do anything before. They also keep their number, as the company says.

If the customer is transferred he automatically gets a slightly different plan, with the same number or more voice minutes, text messages and data, and always for the same money. Customers will be notified personally and can already see from the website when they are transferred and then what is their new bundle. The end date of the contract remains hezelfde.

The subscriptions and prepaid connections Hi transferring between April 23 and July 1.

Telfort and Simyo

“We say goodbye Hi, brand, but not what the brand stands for Hi, and will continue to respond well to the brand KPN wishes our customers, including young people, “promises Jaap Postma, Director Consumer at KPN.

In addition Hi, KPN, Telfort and even daughter brands Simyo. KPN and Hi will now focus under the name KPN what the company “full service” calls while Telfort and Simyo continue to benefit brands of KPN.

History

Hi addressed after establishment on prepaid subscriptions because ordinary time were too expensive for many young people. Then the brand focused on texting in 2004 and 2007 came from mobile Internet image. The first store opened in 2006 Hi went in Nijmegen.

In 2008, Hi concluded a cooperation with Nokia for a music service with millions of songs. The year after it started Hi Webcare Team which customers could ask their questions online. From 2010 there was a partnership with Spotify and was mobile Internet subscriptions more important

By:. NU.nl