• Belgium 2022-2

    Publications › Microphone & in-ear system frequencies -
    List of frequencies allowed for microphones and in-ear systems - For use throughout Belgium.
  • General holder’s licences

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    Merchants (manufacturers, importers, salesmen and rental companies) of radio communications equipment can obtain a general holder’s licence for all equipment stocked or displayed by them in the same workshop, depot, warehouse or other location.
  • The BIPT and the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium sound the alarm concerning a fraudulent call plague

    Publications › Press release -
    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.
  • Call for input regarding the ERGP Work Programme 2023

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    ERGP Work Programme 2023
  • The BIPT publishes its national price benchmarking study for 2021

    Publications › Press release -
    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.
  • Results of the benchmarking of the telecommunications service rates in Belgium [Tariffs applied in Q4 2021]

    Publications › Communication -
    For this seventh edition, the national price benchmarking is based on the household profile methodology.
  • Decision of 11 February 2022 regarding the rules on the activity of the candidates for the multi-band auction

    Publications › Decision -
    The decision concerns the rules regarding the activity of the candidates for three autonomous auction procedures which will be organised by the BIPT.
  • The BIPT publishes new figures on our mobile networks’ coverage and quality, including aboard trains

    Publications › Press release -
    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.
  • Drive and train test campaign results 2021

    Publications › Other -
    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 between the BIPT and the Vlaamse Waterweg (Flemish Agency for Inland Waterways) regarding AIS data

    Publications › Other -
    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).
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