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The deadline for replying is 11 July 2014, included. The contact person is Michaël Vandroogenbroek (02 226 88 11). Address: consult02@bipt.be. Answers shall be sent by e-mail exclusively to the address indicated. The subject of the e-mail shall at least mention the reference "Consult-2014-F2".

Radio interfaces B10-05, B10-06, B10-08 and E27-01.

This memorandum provides informal information to those candidates wishing to take part in the procedure for the granting of user rights available for the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. This is for your information only. The existing legislation is binding and takes precedence over the memorandum.

BIPT has received 3 candidacies for the concession regarding the delivery of recognised newspapers and recognised periodicals. The deadline for candidacies was 11 June 2014. The Belgian State will now evaluate the candidacies and invite the selected candidates to submit an offer

In this study BIPT had examined how mobile broadband penetration could be promoted in Belgium. This study builds on an earlier study from 2010 about mobile data use in Belgium. In the meantime because of increasing competition and price cuts the market situation has evolved considerably. A number of questions are still very topical in this context: How does the Belgian broadband penetration position itself nowadays in Europe? What factors can explain the current position? What bottlenecks still remain? And above all: what recommendations and action points can be deduced from this?

Brussels, 11 June 2014 – Mobile broadband penetration has risen from 16% (2011) to 45.7%. This means that over 45% of all mobile users also use mobile data on their smartphones or tablets.  Despite catching up Belgium is still below the EU average (62.4 %). Although mobile broadband use has grown significantly in the past 2 years, there are still a number of bottlenecks, such as the emission standards, taxes on mobile infrastructures, information to consumers that still curb the growth of mobile broadband in Belgium. Therefore, in a study carried out by IDATE Consulting for BIPT, 8 recommendations are made to promote mobile broadband penetration in Belgium.

In accordance with the Postal Act (Article 148bis, §2 of the Act of 21 March 1991), postal service providers shall commit themselves to comply with "the obligation to make it possible for the population to identify the persons in charge of the delivery of postal items and ensure that the postal items, with the exception of newspapers, bear a mark allowing the identification of the service provider that treated this item". By virtue of the legal prescription, each postal service provider involved in the transport process of postal items should therefore mark the postal items in order to allow its identification. However, this marking obligation can make the operational processes more complex and therefore result in additional costs. BIPT wishes to obtain the opinion of the different parties (operators, consumer associations, etc.) concerned by this marking issue. Answers to this consultation are expected during the four weeks of this publication, by Wednesday, 2 July 2014 at the latest.

The purpose of this communication is to explain the notion of "operator" as well as the hypotheses in which a person has to submit a notification to BIPT as an operator. This communication is not exhaustive and will evolve according to the specific cases BIPT will be confronted with, the feedback from stakeholders and the need to study certain notions in depth. This communication is based on the principles that apply. This does not exclude the fact that in some specific cases BIPT may still adopt ad hoc decisions.  To respond to this document, mail to: consult09@bipt.be (reference: consult-2014-E9). Contact Person: Philippe Appeldoorn, First Engineer-Advisor (02 226 88 51).

This decision imposes a fine on Belgacom for not having complied with its transparency obligation pursuant to various decisions on the markets for broadband access.

The technical specifications in a Belgacom reference offer for business customers did not correspond with the reality observed in the field.