SIMlock free iPhone comes to Belgium
The iPhone 3G will be available SIMlock free in Belgium on Friday, local operator Mobistar has revealed. Belgium is one of those European countries where forced bundling and device exclusivity are...
View ArticleA fine time
It’s been a week of pecuniary punishments in the Low Countries, with carriers in both Belgium and the Netherlands on the receiving end of regulatory remonstrations. First up was Proximus, a carrier...
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KPN offloads Belgian B2B, carrier assets
KPN offloads Belgian B2B, carrier assets Dutch carrier KPN has entered into an agreement to sell its Belgian B2B and carrier business to local rival Mobistar for €65m. The deal covers KPN’s Belgian...
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Belgian 800MHz auction raises €360m
Belgium’s three mobile operators, Belgacom, Mobistar and KPN-owned Base have each received 2 x 10MHz of 800MHz spectrum in the country’s latest spectrum auction, at a price of €120m per allocation....
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Belgium’s Mobistar trials LTE-A
Mobistar said it is Belgium’s first to successfully test its LTE-A network Belgian operator Mobistar claims to have become the nation’s first to successfully test an LTE-A network, claiming mobile data...
View ArticleFantastic 5
Poor old Mobistar. The Belgian operator was probably bristling with pride this week after becoming the first in its market to complete a test of LTE Advanced technology. In partnership with Huawei it...
View ArticleLiberty Global acquisition of BASE approved as Mobistar becomes Orange
After a four-month investigation the European Commission has approved the acquisition of Belgian MNO BASE by multinational cableco Liberty Global, subject to conditions. Liberty Global’s Belgian...
View ArticleOrange unifies European businesses as Mobistar becomes Orange Belgium
Belgian mobile operator Mobistar has been rebranded to Orange Belgium, with the telco announcing the completed integration of all European subsidiaries into the Orange brand. Back in February Orange...
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