Internet in Belgium has a high level of adoption and engagement, with a 93% uptake rate among individuals as of 2022, higher than the EU average of 89%.
Additionally, Belgium advanced in digital public services, exceeding the EU average in several key indicators.
[2] According to the European Commission's Digital Decade Country Report 2023, Belgium's progress in fixed broadband infrastructure varies compared to the EU average.
[8][1] In Belgium, advancements in mobile broadband infrastructure have been notable, characterized by a rise in adoption rates from 84% in 2018 to 90% in 2021, slightly surpassing the EU average of 87% in the same year.
[1] In 2022, Belgium made advancements in digital public services, exceeding the EU average in key metrics.
In terms of specific scores, Belgium achieved 81 out of 100 for digital public services for citizens and 88 out of 100 for businesses, both higher than the respective EU averages of 77 and 84 out of 100.
Typically these are between 5 GB/month and 1000 GB/month and show that the competition in this market has not been strong enough to drive out these practices which have vanished in other western and eastern European countries.
In February 2010 the major operators of Belgium, including Telenet and Belgacom, announced tariffs with unlimited caps, but still with FUP formulas (fair usage policy).
The Belgian constitution and law provide for freedom of speech, including for members of the press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice.
[20] Subject to warrants requested by the prosecutor all Belgian Internet providers have been filtering several websites at the DNS level since April 2009.