When he arrived as chief executive at KPN in 2001, the Dutch operator had been wrecked by the bubble.

当他在2001年以kpn的首席执行官的身份到任时，这个荷兰的运营商已经尝到了泡沫的苦头。

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First, he persuaded banks to give KPN some breathing space and convinced shareholders to back a rights issue.

首先，他说服银行给KPN一些喘息的空间，说服股东回来增股。

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KPN has replaced 1,300 telephone exchanges with just 100 IP centres, and raised Euro 1 billion by selling property as it did so.

KPN仅仅用了100部IP中枢就取代了1,300门电话交换机，而且通过出售那些财产筹集了10亿欧元。

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So far this year, Holland's KPN, Vodafone, France Telecom and WorldCom have launched bumper bond issues.

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The Other Activities segment comprises the results of KPN's corporate center and the call center activities of SNT Germany.

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In other big news, Slim continued to battle for dutch telecom KPN.

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