• FAQ

    A form is available; please follow the instructions correctly, particularly the requests for documents that are necessary to process your application.

    The authorisation is free.

    Complete applications are processed in the chronological order of their arrival.

    Contacting us is unnecessary; if your file is incomplete, we will ask you to provide us with the missing elements. As soon as you file is processed, you will receive the authorisation via ordinary mail.

    Ground stations also need to be covered by an authorisation

  • BIPT Council Communication of 14 April 2020 on the report of Capgemini Invent of March 2020 concerning the evolution of mobile data associated with licensed spectrum in Belgium and the impact of the presence of media

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    BIPT Council Communication of 14 April 2020 on the report of Capgemini Invent of March 2020 concerning the evolution of mobile data associated with licensed spectrum in Belgium and the impact of the presence of media
  • The share of media in mobile data

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    BIPT has published a study carried out by Capgemini Invent on the estimated share of media in the volumes of data transmitted over mobile networks and the revenues arising from it for the next 20 years. Conducted at the request of Minister of Telecommunications, Mr Philippe De Backer, the purpose of this study is to objectify the distribution of revenues from new frequency bands designated for 5G between the Federal State and the Communities. The share of media in the total volume of mobile data is estimated at 4,9% or 17,8% depending on the definition used for the term “media”. Within the revenues from mobile data, the share of media is estimated at 7,9% or 28,2%.
  • BIPT Council Communication on the possibility of making telecommunications points of sale available to customers under certain conditions

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    BIPT Council Communication on the possibility of making telecommunications points of sale available to customers under certain conditions
  • Communication on the guidelines regarding the calculation of the amount of the administrative fines imposed by BIPT

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    Guidelines regarding the calculation of the amount of the administrative fines imposed by BIPT
  • FAQ

    We do not issue ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) codes: these are four-letter codes for geographic classification which are assigned to each airport around the world.

    International Civil Aviation Organization codes

  • Five operators are taken into account by BIPT for the granting of temporary rights of use for the introduction of 5G

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    Five operators are taken into account by BIPT for the granting of temporary rights of use for the introduction of 5G
  • BIPT extends the deadline for applications for the assignment of additional 4G spectrum

    Publications › Press release -
    Brussels, 19 March 2020 – On 20 February 2020 BIPT launched a call for applications for the assignment of the remaining available spectrum in the 4G frequency band (2.6 GHz). Given the measures taken at the national level against the spread of the coronavirus, the deadline for applications is extended to Friday 15 May 2020, at 10 a.m.
  • FAQ

    Firstly this 

    You can decide to have your number ported immediately or to have it done on a date you agree upon with the new operator.  

    Setting a date can be important if you are still bound by a contract or if there are instalments left on a device. Without an agreement on the porting date you risk having to pay a termination fee to your old operator. 

    One working day  

    Following a visit to your new operator’s store or website or before the porting date set, the new operator checks with the old operator whether everything is technically ready to port the number.  

    After the technical validation the number porting takes one working day at the most.  

    What if there is a delay?  

    If the porting exceeds one working day compared to the date set, you are entitled to a compensation of 3 euros per day of delay. Sometimes the amount is set to 5 euros per day of delay. 

    Always ask your new operator for this compensation. Even though you know or suspect that the problem lies with the old operator.  

    Do this within 6 months following the number porting. 

    In the case of prepaid cards a compensation can be given in the form of extra call credit.  

  • BIPT makes additional spectrum available for 4G

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    At the request of a Belgian company the BIPT makes available the spectrum that is still free of the 4G frequency band 2.6 GHz following a planned new auction.
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