Belgacom

Belgacom is the leading telecommunications company in Belgium and a market leader in a number of areas, including retail and wholesale fixed-line telephony services, mobile communications services and broadband data and Internet services.

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 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 54% (2). Belgacom has a 75% stake in Belgacom Mobile while 25% is owned by Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile operators.