Proximus

Proximus (also called " Belgacom Mobile NV / SA ") is the largest Belgian mobile network operator.

History

Proximus was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Belgacom with 25 % participation of first AirTouch and Vodafone later. He was the first GSM operator on the Belgian market. 2006 Vodafone announced its 25 % stake in Belgacom Although from - but the two companies are still partners. So Proximus sold as Vodafone Live phones and also has a Vodafone Live portal for customers in the offer. Belgacom now owns 100% of Proximus ..

Data & Information

The company offers currently GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, WLAN and HSDPA. The Proximus phone numbers start mostly with 047x. Beginning of the 2000s there was also the area code 075 This, however, was then converted to the 0475. Proximus also operates the Internet-based pre-paid provider " UglyDuck ". This was established in response to the cheap brands of other Belgian suppliers. Proximus has 4.25 million customers (July 2007 ), which corresponds in Belgium a market share of 48.4 %.

Sponsoring & other business

Proximus was sponsor of the tournament tennis " Proximus Diamond Games ". In addition, Proximus operates the ticketing provider " Proximus Go for Music". Go for Music is one of Belgium's largest provider of tickets for concerts & music festivals. Since 2003, the " Proximus Foundation " supports charitable projects.

Other vendors

Other Belgian mobile providers are:

  • Mobistar (since 1996, about 3 million customers, is one of Orange ) and
  • BASE (since 1999, about 2.5 million customers, is part of KPN ).
Types of business entity Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Base (mobile telephony provider)
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