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14 telecom operators provide advantageous actions such as supplementary data volume, for persons who up until now did not use mobile Internet, or only to a small extent.

For the second time, BIPT publishes a study comparing the prices for telecom products on the business market in Belgium with the prices in our neighbouring countries (Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands).

Brussels, 17 July 2015 - Today BIPT has published the annual statistics relating to the telecoms sector. The 2014 general market context shows that turnover diminished, but that operators kept on investing considerably. For the first time SMS traffic shows a decline, while the use of mobile Internet is growing significantly. Belgium stays at the top of the EU ranking for the development of high-speed fixed broadband over 30 Mbps. The Belgian digital TV market continues to grow.

Mobile network monitoring report

Today BIPT published on its website an 'Atlas' of the coverage provided by the mobile telecom operators in Belgium. The data of the telecom operators have been collected and, following verifications or "scanning" in the field, assembled in a public and free "Atlas". As of 1 January 2016 telecom operators are obliged to provide BIPT with further data that regard the quality, such as the response time of the customer services, which BIPT will also publish on its website as a "quality barometer".

Last week BIPT and the FPS Economy launched the www.surfmobiel.be website aimed at informing the consumer on the advantages of mobile Internet and on the proper, safe and controlled use thereof. Mobile surfing, calling, texting, or roaming is also possible from abroad and is very easy today. Roaming does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with a surprisingly high telecom invoice, but nevertheless it remains useful to keep a check on the prices and consumption. For indeed the Eurotariff does not apply outside of the EU Member States (and thus neither in certain popular holiday destinations). Therefore BIPT gives a number of tips and tricks to the travelling telecom user.

Speakers from the postal and telecom sectors explained their vision of the evolution of innovation in these sectors.

Minister Alexander De Croo, BIPT and the SPF Economy launch a campaign to promote mobile Internet in Belgium Brussels, 18 June 2015 – As a consumer, how do you use mobile Internet while avoiding unpleasant surprises? This question is central to the campaign of BIPT (Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications) and the SPF Economy, launched today by Vice-premier and Minister of Digital Agenda and Telecom Alexander De Croo. A key element of the campaign is www.surfmobile.be, a website where, as a consumer, you can, among other things discover which mobile data profile suits you.

BIPT publishes a comparison of the cheapest telecom tariffs on the Belgian residential market - 2015

To render the process of changing ofixed telecom perators more smoothly, BIPT identified the obstacles consumers may encounter and lists a series of suggestions to facilitate the process.