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Belgacom, Orange to share mobile networks
2019-07-12 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Belgacom and Orange Belgium have agreed to enter into network-sharing arrangement by the end of this year. The deal covers 2G, 3G, 4G and of course 5G technologies…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Belgacom grows revenues, customer base in Q1
2015-05-08 09:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Belgacom reported first-quarter underlying sales of EUR 1.479 billion, up 5.5 percent from a year earlier. Revenues from core activities increased 3.3 percent, and group EBITDA rose 3.8 percent year-on-year to EUR 423 million. Capital expenditure was up 26 percent to EUR 227 million, driven by the roll-out of LTE, which reached 94.9 percent outdoor population coverage and 77.2 percent indoors at the end of March. Belgacom said it had very strong operational results in the quarter, strengthening its market share to 45.4 percent in internet and 33.9 percent for digital TV. The Belgian operator maintained its outlook for 2015 results. Consumer revenues were up 5.3 percent to EUR 711 million, with EBITDA of EUR 354 million. The enterprise unit posted turnover of EUR 392 million, up 2.2 percent, and the wholesale international division BICS grew by 11.9 percent to EUR 357 million.
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KPN CEO revives talk of Belgacom merger
2015-05-03 10:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Dutch operator KPN is open to a merger with another European player such as neighbour Belgacom, CEO Eelco Blok told Dutch paper Het Financieele Dagblad. Blok noted that the Dutch and Belgian operators have considered a merger before, for the first time around 15 years ago. However, Belgacom is still majority state-owned, and not all recent unions of Dutch and Belgian companies have proven successful, Blok said. The CEO noted that the synergies are all the more relevant now than five or ten years ago, especially as many services are now platform-based, such as IPTV and cloud services for businesses. While KPN has cleared the way with its recently agreed sale of Belgian mobile operator Base, Blok does not expect a deal with Belgacom to happen any time soon. Belgacom's CEO appointed last year, Dominique Leroy, has been skeptical in the past about mergers, saying there are "too many complications". Blok said he is open to joining another European group. "If I can rationalise it to myself, the customers and employees, I have no problem with it," he said. "We have to be realistic and not just think about today, but also how the company will serve customers 5-10 years from now."
Telenet, Belgacom strengthen duopoly on Belgian fixed market
2015-03-19 14:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Telenet remains the biggest provider on the Belgian consumer fixed market, followed by incumbent Belgacom. The two dominant operators expanded their share of the market further in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a combined 78.7 percent of revenues, according to the latest research from Telecompaper. Telenet generated revenues from consumer TV, internet and fixed telephony services of EUR 280 million in the quarter, while Belgacom, including its subsidiary Scarlet, posted EUR 274 million in sales. This gives Telenet a 40.5 percent share of the market and Belgacom 38.5 percent. The two smaller cable operators Voo and Numericable together accounted for a 12 percent share. Mobistar, which withdrew from the DSL market and is still preparing a launch on the cable market, had 1 percent of the fixed market in Q4 2014.
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Belgacom organic revenue up 2.2% in Q4, maintains targets
2015-02-27 10:12:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Belgacom reported fourth-quarter reveneus down 4.2 percent to EUR 1.515 billion, hurt in part by divestments. Underlying sales growth was 2.2 percent, to EUR 1.506 billion, the Belgian operator said. Excluding its wholesale unit BICS, which posted sales down 1.5 percent, revenues were up 3.5 percent. Adjusted EBITDA totaled EUR 380 million in the quarter, and capex reached EUR 355 million, excluding EUR 16 million for spectrum licences. Free cash flow totaled EUR 81 million. Belgacom said it reached LTE coverage of 85 percent of the population at year-end and also started on a three-year plan to roll out VDSL vectoring, taking broadband speeds from an average 40 Mbps to 70 Mbps. The operator proposed a dividend of EUR 1.50 per share for the year, of which 50 cents was already paid out as interim. It pledged to pay the same amount for 2015 and 2016. The company finished the year with net debt at 1.05 times EBITDA.
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