Belgacom

Description:
The Belgacom Group (Belgacom S.A. and its subsidiaries) is the dominant telecommunications company in Belgium and a market leader in many fields, particularly in wholesale and retail fixed-line services, mobile communications, Internet and broadband data transmission services. At the end of the fiscal year on 31 December 2005, the Group reported a total revenue of EUR 5,696 million and a net operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of EUR 2,098 million; including non-recurring items.

Fixed
Belgacom offers a comprehensive range of voice, data and Internet fixed-line services to residential and business customers. At the end of 2004, Belgacom provided approximately 5.2 million fixed connections for residential and business customers, including around 975,000 ISDN access lines and 828,000 ADSL access lines for the retail market. As the leading ISP in Belgium, Belgacom offered Internet access to approximately 1 million narrowband and broadband subscribers at the end of 2004, as well as providing wholesale services to other operators and service providers in Belgium. Belgacom has the widest commercial coverage of all telecom operators in Belgium thanks to its sales outlets, resale network, account managers, call centers and website.


Mobile
Belgacom Mobile is the leading provider of mobile communications services in Belgium through its Proximus and Pay & Go brands, with approximately 4.2 million active customers(1) and an estimated market share of approximately 50% (2). Belgacom has a 75% stake in Belgacom Mobile while 25% is owned by Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile operators. Belgacom Mobile provides a broad range of mobile communications services to residential and business customers in Belgium, including traditional voice, data (SMS, MMS and Vodafone live !) and international roaming as well as wholesale data services to other companies.

Carrier
In addition to its activities in Belgium, Belgacom provides voice and data connectivity and capacity services to telecommunications operators and service providers worldwide. The company estimates that it is ranked as the 11th largest operator worldwide in the international voice termination market in terms of traffic. Further to the joint-venture agreement signed with Swisscom in February 2005, this position will be consolidated around mid-year 2005, subject to regulatory approval.

1. Active customers are customers who have made or received at least one call or sent or received at least one SMS message in the last three months.

2. Market share of active customers, based on EMC World Cellular Database as at the end of December 2003.


URL: .belgacom.be

Belgacom Locations:

Belgacom Belgium
Boulevard du Roi Albert II,
27 - B-1030 Brussels.
Belgium