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Since the end of last week, hundreds of thousands of fraudulent phone calls have been detected in our country. Behind calls made from legitimate Belgian phone numbers we often find other foreign numbers. The callers then attempt to fraudulently obtain the personal data of the persons called.

ERGP Work Programme 2023

Each year, we notice that the prices for telecommunications services in Belgium are generally quite high compared to the neighbouring countries. However, the new national price benchmarking study carried out by the BIPT shows that consumers can make significant savings by better defining the services they wish and by regularly comparing the telecom offers available on the market to completely benefit from the effect of competition.

For this seventh edition, the national price benchmarking is based on the household profile methodology.

Verlivané Projects, located at Herman Teirlinckstraat 2, 1982 Zemst, is recognised as a training centre for SRC operating certificates.

The BIPT’s data portal has been updated with recent information on the coverage and quality of Belgian networks. Regarding 4G, the outdoor mobile coverage reaches 99% and the indoor mobile coverage reaches 93% throughout the territory. Each year, the BIPT also carries out a study on on the quality of mobile networks. These past few years, these tests were always conducted via “drive tests”. With an average connection probability of 99.7% in the test zones and an average download speed of 80 Mbps, the results are very good. This year’s new feature is that these tests were also conducted on the most used railways in Belgium. With an average connection probability of 98.2% aboard trains and an average download speed of 55 Mbps, the results are very good.

When considering the quality of mobile networks and communication services, we think in terms of network availability (coverage), phone calls quality and quality of data services over the Internet, such as streaming and web browsing.

Protocol as referred to in Article 8 of the Decree of 18 July 2008 on electronic administrative data traffic concerning the exchange of information between the Flemish Agency for Inland Waterways and the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) regarding AIS data (free translation).

Operational plan 2022

Pursuant to Article 103 of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications, the BIPT is responsible for the monitoring of the execution of the universal service and shall submit an annual report to the Minister regarding possible adjustments to the universal service obligations.