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KPN phone outage affecting hospitals is resolved
KPN had a nationwide phone outage on Saturday.
Calls to phone numbers served by KPN did not work properly.
The disruption made several hospitals harder to reach, including UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital and Maastricht UMC+.
Hospitals rely on phone access to communicate with patients and others, so the outage affected how easily they could be contacted.
KPN said the outage has been resolved.
The company said business customers can use its services again.
A nationwide KPN phone outage that affected several hospitals was resolved on Saturday.
The outage disrupted calls to phone numbers belonging to KPN customers.
UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital and Maastricht UMC+ were among the hospitals that were less reachable.
KPN said business customers could use its services again.
- Who
- KPN and several hospitals, including UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital and Maastricht UMC+.
- What
- A nationwide phone outage disrupted calls to KPN customer numbers and affected hospital reachability. KPN later said the outage was resolved.
- When
- Saturday, 10 October 2026.
- Where
- The Netherlands.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Business customers can use our services again
KPN was experiencing a nationwide phone outage, and several hospitals were less reachable.
KPN said the outage had been resolved and business customers could use its services again.
- Telecom company
- KPN
- Affected hospitals
- UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital and Maastricht UMC+
- Outage scope
- Nationwide
- Resolution
- KPN said business customers could use its services again
- Date
- 10 October 2026
Sources
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