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Articles tagged with: Belgacom
MTN Merges International Carrier Business with Belgian Partner
South Africa's MTN is to merge its international carrier business into belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) and named the merged firm the official international gateway for carrier services of MTN globally. more
Related Tags: mtn, swisscom, South Africa
Belgian Operator Fined for Market Abuses
Belgium's Competition Council has fined the mobile network operator, Proximus a total of EUR 66.3 million (US$92.6 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant market position. The fine covered actions the network operator carried out in 2004/5 to abuse its position as a subsidiary of belgacom to squeeze out its competitors. more
Related Tags: proximus, Belgium
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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Vodafone has signed a partnership deal with Luxembourg mobile network operator, Tango - replacing a contract with rival operator LuxGSM which recently expired. Vodafone said that the partnership strengthens the existing relationship between Vodafone and belgacom, Tango's parent company. more
Related Tags: 3g, roaming, vodafone, partner, presence, Luxembourg
Belgacom Takes 40% in Mobile Payments Vendor, Tunz
belgacom has announced that it is buying a stake of 40% in Tunz, a specialist in mobile payments, which also holds a European e-money license. Tunz was set up in January 2007 by Grégoire de Streel & Jean Zurstrassen, co-founders of Skynet & Keytrade Bank. more
Related Tags: eu, mobile-payments, Belgium
Belgacom ICS Certified as GSMA Compliant Roaming Hub
Belgium based, belgacom ICS has announced the successful completion of the self-certification process of its Open Connectivity Roaming Hub. With the Open Connectivity (OC) Initiative, the GSMA is looking for new ways to set up Interconnection and Roaming relationships between mobile operators through a hub as an alternative to implementing one-to-one roaming relationships across the world's GSM networks. This follows the existing achievements of the Open Connectivity SMS Interworking Hub for which belgacom ICS was the first to be certified. more
Related Tags: sms, roaming, lte, gsm, gsma, interoperability, Belgium
Belgium Plans WiMAX and Fourth 3G License Tender in 2009
Belgium's government has outlined plans to shake up the telecoms regulatory regime in the country - as well as awarding new telecoms licenses. In an interview with the local De Tijd newspaper, Belgium's Business minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said that "we want to break open the market," more
Related Tags: wimax, european-commission, 3g-license, Belgium
GRX Peering Agreement Signed to Boost Asian Roaming Data Services
Sybase 365, a provider of mobile messaging services, and belgacom International Carrier Services (belgacom ICS) have announced a formal GRX peering agreement for a data roaming point in Singapore. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, sms, mobile-data, roaming, arpu, rsa, sybase-365, gprs, Singapore
Belgian Government Agrees New Pay Deal with Belgacom CEO
The Belgian government says that it has reached a pay deal with the CEO of local dominant telco, belgacom, but has not formally signed the agreement. belgacom's Chief Executive Didier Bellens has been under political pressure to take a sizable pay cut following concerns about the company performance. The company posted a profits warning last month, citing pressure on mobile tariffs and the general economic outlook. more
Related Tags: pension, Belgium
Belgacom Buys Specialist in Mobile-Phone Parking Payments
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Belgian leading telecommunications company belgacom said Thursday it is taking over Mobile-for, a specialist in mobile payments for parking services. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-payments, proximus, Belgium