Proximus

Proximus, also known as Belgacom Mobile, was the name of the largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications companies and is now used as the parent company name (Proximus Group, previously Belgacom Group). It competes with Mobistar, owned by Orange S.A., and BASE, a subsidiary of Medialaan. Proximus has a Euronext listing (Euronext: PROX).

History

Proximus was founded in 1994 as a joint venture between Belgacom, 75%, and AirTouch, 25%, respectively. AirTouch was later merged with Vodafone. In 2006, Belgacom bought the remaining Vodafone shares.

Starting January 1994, Proximus took over the operatorship of the old MOB2 analogue network, as well as the new second generation GSM network, originally only in the GSM 900 range. The obsolete MOB2 network was retired in 1999. When necessary, Proximus can also use GSM 1800 to complement its network.

It was originally a de facto monopoly, but after deregulation Mobistar, a second GSM 900 operator soon joined the game in 1998, followed by BASE, then known as KPN-Orange in 1999.

Proximus (disambiguation)

Proximus may refer to:

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