Posts Tagged ‘ belgium ’

Exclusive mobile use decreases

According to Belgacom, some Belgian families have gone back to using the fixed phone in 2007.  Last year, about 26% of Belgian households have called exclusively with the mobile phone.  The year before that was still 28%.  It’s the first time in 5 years that the exclusive mobile phone use has decreased.  Possible reason for [ READ MORE ]

5 billion SMS in 2007

Belgian newspaper L’Echo reports: In 2007, about 5 billion Belgian SMS messages were sent out, which is on average 500 messages per mobile subscriber. About 120 million of those messages were premium messages. Since those cost on average 1 euro, this generated about 120 million euro. Premium SMS can contain news alerts, horoscopes, games, ring [ READ MORE ]

SMS parking is huge success in Antwerp

A few months ago we reported about the new project in some Belgian cities to pay your parking space by SMS. In Antwerp this system turns out to be a huge success. According to De Standaard, about 20% of outdoor parking spaces in Antwerp is paid by SMS. The parking company GAPA is now negociating [ READ MORE ]

Mobile bus tickets in Antwerp and Ghent

Today, a test project with mobile bus ticketing starts in the cities of Antwerp and Ghent. The project, a collaboration between mobile operator Proximus and De Lijn, is the first of its kind in Europe. The concept is kept simple: you send a SMS message to a shortcode and you receive another message back, which [ READ MORE ]

Mobile communication in Belgium on the rise

In 2006 people in Belgium called more than the year before. Especially mobile phoning is on the rise. If the trend is kept up this year, the mobile phone use might beat the fixed phone. Those are the conclusions of the annual report of the Advising Committee for Telecommunication in Belgium. While in 2005 the [ READ MORE ]

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