• BIPT outlines the consequences of the destruction of GSM masts

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    Mobile operators install their masts at well-defined locations in our landscape in order to provide the Belgian population with maximum coverage and thus a maximum accessibility indoors and outdoors. Encouraging the destruction of masts and damaging them are both punishable offences. The perpetrators are liable for damage caused to operators but also to third parties. Furthermore, the damage represents a threat to the use of mobile services by the inhabitants of that area and the passersby. As a matter of fact, the damaged connectivity could make it difficult to call emergency and essential services (doctors, hospitals, police, fire brigades, anti-poison service, suicide prevention service, domestic violence call line...). It could also jeopardise the orderly functioning of emergency services which can use the location data when a caller is in distress and is, for instance, unable to communicate his or her location. Damaging mobile equipment is particularly irresponsible in the context of the current lockdown period, during which it is more important than ever to keep in touch with our families and loved ones, to be able to contact emergency services and to continue to participate in the economic and social life.
  • 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

  • Application form for maritime radio licence

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    BIPT only has competence for ships registered in Belgium; the files are processed in chronological order of receipt.
  • 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

  • Alert mechanism (Bill Shock)

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    Alert mechanism (Bill Shock) : In order to help you keep your expenses under control, the law created an SMS alert mechanism if you exceed your mobile subscription limit.
  • 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
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