Enables integration of LANs Dutch telecom provider Koninklijke KPN has rolled out a new Ethernet VPN (virtual private network) service for businesses, allowing them to integrate LANs using high-speed Internet connections.The service, announced Monday, offers more bandwidth than traditional asynchronous transfer mode, frame relay or leased line services, KPN said, offering companies the ability to simplify their networks, consolidate storage and application servers, and reduce the number of required application licenses.The service was made available to businesses in the Netherlands July 1 and offers broadband connection from 100 Mbps to 1Gbps using optical Ethernet equipment from Nortel Networks. A KPN spokesman could not immediately provide pricing for the service Monday. The offering is just the latest in a handful of network services put forward by European providers aiming to woo businesses with the promise of reduced long-term costs when upgrading their networks.Last month British Telecommunications PLC (BT) began offering small and medium-sized businesses managed IP (Internet Protocol) VPN services, for example, saying that companies could connect their smaller branch offices and remote workers at significantly lower prices than those charged for leased lines. Technology Industry