Belgium to get new fixed and mobile player in April
Youfone will launch fixed and mobile services in Belgium in April, having brokered a wholesale deal with incumbent operator Proximus.
Youfone will launch fixed and mobile services in Belgium in April, having brokered a wholesale deal with incumbent operator Proximus.
Proximus has agreed to spend €130 million to acquire virtual player Mobile Vikings, a move that will further its strategy of targeting various market segments with multiple brands.
Dividends, an employee shareholding scheme and improvements in networks and IT. These are just some of the items on Orange’s shopping list after it received a whopping €2.2 billion tax refund.
The telecoms kit maker Nokia is chosen by Finnish Shared Networks to deploy 5G RAN in Northern and Eastern Finland, as well as replacing the existing 2G, 3G, and 4G networks deployed by Huawei five years ago.
The two largest Belgian CSPs have announced a wholesale swap-out of Huawei gear in their RAN, in favour of Nokia.
Belgium regulator BIPT has granted temporary 5G licences to five telecoms operators, kick-starting the 5G era in the country.
Belgian telco Proximus will halt 5G network deployment in the city of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve to hold a Town Hall to address all health concerns of citizens.
Belgian telco Proximus unveiled its four-pillar transformation strategy at its Capital Markets Day, which will partly be funded by a 20% cut to dividend payments.
The proposed network sharing joint venture between Orange and Proximus has been slowed as the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) launches an investigation.
Dominique Leroy was due to switch from Proximus to KPN but now she’s CEO of neither following an investigation into insider trading.
Dominique Leroy has played Benelux musical chairs by moving from Belgian Proximus to become Dutch KPN’s new CEO.
It might be a management consultant phrase, enough to have some clawing their eyes out, but coopetition is quickly becoming the norm as telcos drive towards the elusive goal of ROI.
Network monitor OpenSignal has released its mobile networks update for Belgium and it reveals BASE as made the biggest improvements.
Proximus has announced it will be the recipient of a €400 million loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out and upgrading of its fixed broadband infrastructure in Belgium.
Ericsson and Corda Campus have announced plans to set up a 5G Life Campus in Hasselt, Belgium, which will be used to test new technologies and applications.
The Telenet Innovation Center in Brussels joins and equivalent R&D hub in Amsterdam as Liberty Global tries to get ahead of emerging tech trends.
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Chinese networking vendor ZTE has gone on a winter world tour, landing several big deals in EMEA and Latin America.
After a four-month investigation the European Commission has approved the acquisition of Belgian MNO BASE by multinational cableco Liberty Global, subject to conditions.
The European Commission is continuing its policy of closely scrutinising telecoms M&A activity with the decision to investigate the proposed acquisition of Belgian operator BASE by Liberty Global’s Belgian subsidiary Telenet.
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