TRANS is a new Academy of the Technical University of Delft in association with TNO and Royal Dutch KPN.

TNO
TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) is a not-for-profit organization in The Netherlands that focuses on applied science. The main office of TNO is located in Delft. Other locations of TNO are: The Hague, Rijswijk, Leiden, Groningen, Apeldoorn, Hoofddorp, Soesterberg, Utrecht, Den Helder, Zeist, Enschede and Eindhoven.

TNO is a knowledge organization for companies, government bodies and public organizations. The daily work of approximately 5,400 employees is to develop and apply knowledge. The organization also provides contract research and specialist consultancy as well as grants licences for patents and specialist software. TNO tests and certifies products and services, and issues an independent evaluation of quality. Moreover, TNO sets up new companies to market innovations.

KPN
KPN is a Dutch fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations. The company is based in The Hague.

In the Netherlands, KPN has 6.3 million fixed-line phone customers. Its mobile division, KPN Mobile, has more than 23 million subscribers in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium under different brand names. Through its ownership of several European ISP’s, KPN also provides Internet access to 2.1 million customers, and it offers business network services and data transport throughout Western Europe.