Orange Belgium

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Orange Belgium S.A./N.V.
TypeNaamloze vennootschap / Société anonyme
Euronext: OBEL
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorMobistar Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1996 (as Mobistar)
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Key people
Xavier Pichon (CEO), Jan Steyaert (Chairman)
ServicesMobile and fixed-line telephony, ADSL, Cable TV
Revenue€1.235 billion (2015)[1]
Number of employees
1,712 (2015)[2]
ParentOrange S.A. (76.97%)
Websitewww.orange.be

Orange Belgium (known as Orange) is a Belgian telecoms company. It competes with Proximus, VOO and Telenet.

Created by France Télécom in 1996 under the name of Mobistar. The company re-branded as Orange on 9 May 2016 (following its parent company's own change of name in 2013).[3]

History[]

Mobistar, today Orange Belgium, was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between Telinfo and France Télécom (now Orange S.A.), building a GSM 900 network and then founding a complementary DCS 1800 network.

Initially Mobistar added to its network coverage by signing contracts with providers such as Motorola & , , a subsidiary of and , the latter two which it would take over respectively in 1997 and 2000.

Mobistar claims to have been the first GPRS operator in Belgium.

In May 2007 Mobistar bought 90% of the shares of VOXmobile (today: Orange Communications Luxembourg S.A.), a mobile phone company of Luxembourg. VOXmobile was rebranded as Orange on 28 October 2009.[4]

In October 2010 Mobistar launched a €55/month hybrid satellite/internet TV package, Starpack[5] to provide phone customers with multi-channel TV. Mobistar TV combines DTH satellite TV with ADSL Internet to provide over 500 satellite TV and radio channels, along with interactive services, catch-up TV and content-on-demand via the Internet, and programme recording management via a smart phone. The satellite TV package includes Flemish national channels, HD and 3D channels, and a range of European free-to-air channels, all transmitted from Astra satellites.[6] Mobistar has announced that this service will end on September 15, 2013.

In May 2016 Mobistar was rebranded in Orange Belgium and the company became a convergent operator with the launch of its TV and internet offer based on the cable technology.[3]

Company[]

Orange Belgium is majority-owned by the Orange S.A. holding company Atlas Services Belgium (ASB), which holds a 76.97% stake. It is a member of the FreeMove alliance.

Mobile virtual network operator[]

The Orange Belgium network is used by a number of mobile virtual network operators.

Technical information[]

Orange Belgium offers 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G+ mobile technologies.

Orange proposes Internet, mobile, TV and triple-play offers via co-axial cable.

References[]

  1. ^ "Annual Results 2015". Orange Belgium.
  2. ^ "Our company". Orange Belgium.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mobistar will become Orange as of 9 May 2016" (Press release). Mobistar. March 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "Mobistar : VOXmobile Luxembourg devient Orange". Boursier.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. ^ "Mobistar lance une nouvelle expérience télévisuelle !" (Press release). Mobistar. September 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "BELGIAN TELECOM PROVIDER MOBISTAR TO RELY ON ASTRA FOR ITS "MOBISTAR TV" OFFER" (Press release). SES Astra. September 21, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

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