Our history

1930

The RTT (Belgium's national telegraph and telephone company) is born and brings the telephone into the homes of a constantly growing portion of the Belgian population.

1992

The RTT disappears and is replaced by Belgacom, an autonomous public-sector company.

1994

Belgacom becomes a company limited by shares under public law. 1994 also sees the launch of the Proximus cellular network. On 1 July 1994, this activity is entrusted to a subsidiary, namely Belgacom Mobile.

1996

The year of strategic consolidation. The Belgian government gives Belgacom a boost by selling 50 % minus 1 share of Belgacom SA to the ADSB Telecommunications consortium. This consortium is composed of Ameritech (SBC), Tele Danmark and Singapore Telecom, plus three Belgian financial institutions: Sofina, Dexia and KBC.

1998

The telecom market is fully liberalized on 1 January. Belgacom takes over Skynet, one of the main portals in Belgium. Belgacom Skynet's activities change: from being an Internet access provider it becomes a provider of digital content and interactive marketing solutions. Belgacom embraces the world of high-speed Internet by launching ADSL on the Belgian market. At the same time, the website www.belgacom.be  is created. It is presently the online point of reference for Belgacom's telecom offering.

2002

Proximus is Belgium's first mobile operator wanting to offer its customers Internet access via GPRS.

2003

Belgaco's new logo is born. The new style and colors clearly represent a company reinventing itself.

2004

Belgacom makes its stock market entry. This is the most important operation within the European telecom sector since the entry of Orange in February 2001.

2005

Belgacom and Swisscom Fixnet sign an agreement to merge their international carrier activities and thus to consolidate their position on the international market. Belgacom TV is launched onto the television market. It is Belgium's first digital television offering and paves the way for interactivity which we are all familiar with today. With the launch of Belgacom TV, Belgacom also acquires the broadcasting rights to Belgian football for the next three seasons. Proximus becomes the first mobile telephony operator in Belgium to offer 3G services to the general public.

2006

Belgacom acquires Telindus and strengthens its offer of IT and network integration services for the corporate and professional markets. Belgacom acquires the remaining 25% stake in Proximus. This enables it to take another step toward convergence, while enabling the Group to offer integrated solutions in the future.

2007

The Belgacom Group launches its first bundled offers combining fixed/mobile telephony, ADSL and television. Convergence is now very clear-cut for customers.

2008

Belgacom launches the VDSL2 network which gives everyone access to unequalled surfing speeds. The acquisition of Scarlet NV enables Belgacom to penetrate a new market segment and bolster its multiplay offer in Belgium. Belgacom acquires Mobile-for, a company which specializes in mobile payments for parking. Belgacom also acquires Tango, Luxembourg's second mobile operator.

2009

Belgacom innovates by launching the PingPing brand, which is keen to be the symbol of mobile payments.

2010

A new start! The subsidiaries Proximus, Telindus and Skynet are integrated into one Belgacom Group. Belgacom TV achieves excellent results and Didier Bellens announces the conclusion of partnerships with Jinni, In3Depth, Blinkx and OnLive. These partnerships herald an evolution of Belgacom TV towards an integrated entertainment platform: Belgacom Entertainment is in the making.