KPN Mobile International, which provides next-generation telecommunications services, has announced a partnership with Artilium, which develops software for mobile network operators, to create new opportunities for user-generated applications on KPNs mobile networks.

At the heart of the partnership is Artiliums Real-Time Architecture (ARTA) for Connected Mobile Services software, which is designed to facilitate rapid creation of new mobile applications, packaged as services. ARTA is designed and developed by Artilium on the Microsoft Platform.

The partnership includes a licensing agreement, allowing KPN deployment of ARTA as a platform for next-generation converged services across its growing base of over 27 million mobile subscribers in the Benelux, Germany and Spain.

“This agreement is a major boost for KPNs strategy on MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in Europe, says KPN Mobile International CEO, Stan Miller. “Artilium software allows KPN to surge to the forefront of mobile/web innovation. We are able to open our network to developer communities worldwide to deliver an infinite range of differentiated services and an exciting new level of personalisation and interactivity for subscribers. In doing so, we begin to transform the very essence of our business, creating new service-centric business models across a broad value-chain that includes developers, advertisers and our commercial partners.”