Telecommunications in Belgium

Postal service in Belgium is in many cases performed by Belgian Post Group, a semi-private public company.

The telephone system itself is highly developed and technologically advanced, with full automation in facilities that handle domestic and international telecom.

Belgium has numerous copper cable internet providers: Only Belgacom and Numericable currently offers fixed telephony and digital television in a triple play formula.

Belgium has three major fiberglass cable internet providers: These companies all offer fixed telephony and digital television in a triple play formula.

Other ISP are Chat.be, Connexeon, HostIT, Microsoft Belgium, Netlog, Ulysse, Ven Brussels, Rack66 (EUSIP bvba), WSD Hosting.

For international communications, Belgium has 5 submarine cables and a number of satellite earth stations, two of which are Intelsat, and one Eutelsat.

3G mobile data network speed test in downtown Brussels , September 2012. After 2 years of bans on new mobile basestations, the mobile network download speed is down at 0.25 Mbit/s.