Emergency service network outage at KPN prompts Dutch inquiry

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands launched an investigation on Tuesday into a nationwide network outage at telecoms company KPN that knocked out emergency service numbers for nearly four hours.Monday's network problem, which rendered national police, ambulance and fire department emergency numbers unreachable, did not appear to be the result of a security breach, KPN said, without giving any further details.Dutch Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus gave no reason for the network failure, but..