Early this afternoon, the Committee on Infrastructure of the Belgian Federal House of Representatives voted on the draft "Projet de loi relatif aux communications électroniques" / "Wetsontwerp betreffende de elektronische communicatie". This is the Bill to transpose the package of …
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Belgium: Bill on electronic communication adopted by Parliamentary Committee
Belgium: Bill on electronic communications introduced in Federal Parliament
The Belgian Federal government (represented by 3 ministers), has introduced the "Projet de loi relatif aux communications électroniques" / "Wetsontwerp betreffende de elektronische communicatie" in the Federal House of Representatives. This is the Bill to transpose the package of EU …
Belgium: BIPT Communication on the use of VDSL in the copper access network (updated)
The Council of the Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has issued a Communication, dated 28 Oct 2004, which addresses the conditions under which Belgacom, the fixed incumbent operator, is allowed to roll-out VDSL in the copper access …
Belgium: BIPT consultation on conditions for access to routing information for ported numbers
The Belgian regulatory authority BIPT has today published a set of documents, constituting a public consultation on terms and conditions (including fees) for limited third party access to the Common Reference Database for Number Portability. The objective of the proposed …
Belgium: Consultation on draft BIPT decision on the provisional net Universal Service cost in 2003
The Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has published a draft decision containing the calculation of the net cost of Universal Service for the year 2003, yielding an amount just under €46m. This is a sharp reduction from …
Belgium: BIPT statement on legality of utilisation of SIM Gateways
The Belgian regulatory authority BIPT has today published a Communication concerning GSM-Gateways (officially dated 4 Aug 2004). This follows a public consultation which was launched on 26 Sep 2003, in which the BIPT proposed to prohibit the use of SIM …
Belgium: Flemish Community transposes EU directives on electronic communications
In the Belgian federal structure, the Communities are responsible for broadcasting, including broadcast transmission (e.g. cable tv, terrestrial transmission, satellite). As a consequence, the Communities have certain responsibilities under the new EU regulatory framework for electronic communications, including as regards …
Belgium: Federal government adopts draft text of Bill on electronic communications (updated)
The Belgian Federal government has adopted a so-called "avant-projet" of the Bill transposing the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications. The text will now be examined by the Council of State, acting as a body providing an opinion on compliance with the …
Belgium: 3,5 GHz frequencies made available
On 27 Feb 2004, the Belgian offical journal (Moniteur Belge) contained an invitation to interested parties to apply for frequency licences to run wireless local access networks in the frequency band 3450-3500 MHz / 3550-3600 MHz. Such frequencies can be …
Belgium: BIPT consultation on MVNO access conditions
The Belgian regulatory body BIPT has published a consultation document relating to a draft Royal Decree modifying various elements of telecommunications regulation (4 previous Royal Decrees) in order to facilitate market entry by Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs).
