• New comparative study by BIPT confirms high rates for stamps in our country

    Publications › Press release -
    The pricing of the Belgian prior stamp proves significantly higher than the models predict.
  • Communication of 24 May 2024 on the evolution of the price of standalone mobile telecom services (2019-2024)

    Publications › Communication -
    Between January 2019 and January 2024, the market for standalone consumer mobile subscriptions generally evolved positively.
  • Consumers see the mobile subscription market evolving favourably between 2019 and 2024

    Publications › Press release -
    Price evolution of mobile subscriptions between January 2019 and January 2024 on the basis of ten consumer profiles
  • Digital Services Act: Belgium has designated its four competent authorities to enforce the provisions of the European regulation Brussels

    Publications › Press release -
    With the designation of the four competent authorities, Belgium is ready to enforce the DSA in our country.
  • Opinion of 29 April 2024 on the draft resolutions examining of the possibility of merging market regulators with a view to improving their functioning

    Publications › Opinion -
    BIPT Opinion on the possibility of merging market regulators with a view to improving their functioning.
  • Operators envisage cooperation for fibre deployment

    Publications › Press release -
    Certain operators have informed the BIPT that they have initiated negotiations in order to cooperate to roll out fibre.
  • The BIPT publishes its price study on fixed and convergent telecom services for 2019-2024

    Publications › Press release -
    Prices for fixed internet subscriptions that are purchased alone ("standalone") or together with a mobile subscription have remained stable or even decreased over the past five years.
  • Communication of 24 April 2024 on the evolution of the price of fixed and convergent residential telecom services over the past five years (from 2019 to 2024)

    Publications › Communication -
    This Communication provides an update on the evolution of residential prices of fixed internet and bundles by identifying those applicable until January 2024 and in particular the minimum price that private individuals have to pay to meet specific telecom needs.
  • 5G roll-out in Belgium: network mapping and quality

    Publications › Press release -
    The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has published 5G coverage maps showing the progress made by operators and highlighting the role of 5G in offsetting the saturation of 4G networks. Operators are gradually deploying 5G in Belgium.
  • FAQ

    PLEASE NOTE THAT:

    • Persons finding themselves in one of the situations below and that applied for the social discount (old social rate) before 01/03/2024 can continue to enjoy this discount, with a few exceptions laid down in legislation. From 01 March 2024  you may be eligible for the social Internet offer if you meet the conditions
    • In one and the same household only one person can benefit from either the social discount (old social tariff) or from the social Internet subscription.

    First situation: Persons older than 65

    Summary of the conditions

    Be older than 65:

    In that case two additional conditions have to be met:

    1. Live alone or live together with one or more persons older than 60. In addition it is allowed to live together with one’s children or grandchildren. In that case the grandchildren have to be orphans who have lost both of their parents or who have been entrusted to their grandparents by a court ruling.                
    2. Have a gross taxable income for the entire household that does not exceed the cap set by the RIZIV/INAMI to be eligible for the increased financial intervention for health care.

    Second situation: disability

    Summary of the conditions

    Have a disability of at least 66%: be recognised as a person disabled or unable to work for more than 66% by an administrative or court ruling, be recognised by the FPS Social Security as a person disabled for more than 66% or as a person whose self-reliance is diminished by at least 9 points, or be recognised by the sickness insurance agency to be invalid for more than 66%.

    In that case three additional conditions have to be met:

    1. be older than 18 AND
    2. live alone
      or live together
           -    with maximum two persons
          -    or with relatives or in-laws of the first or second degree (parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, stepparents, stepchildren) AND
    3. have a gross taxable income for the entire household that does not exceed the cap set by the RIZIV/INAMI to be eligible for the increased financial intervention for health care.

    Third situation: guaranteed minimum income

    Summary of the conditions

    Receive a guaranteed minimum income pursuant to the Act of 26 May 2002 on the right to social integration.

    Fourth situation: hearing loss

    Summary of the conditions

    Suffer from at least 70 dB hearing loss in the best ear or live together with a child or grandchild that suffers from at least 70 dB hearing loss in the best ear.

    Fifth situation: laryngectomy

    Summary of the conditions

    Having undergone a laryngectomy or live together with a child or grandchild that has undergone a laryngectomy.

    Sixth situation: military war-blinded

    Summary of the conditions

    Be a military person who has been blinded in war.

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