Operators

The BIPT publishes a fibre map showing FTTH roll-out. This map can be found on the BIPT data portal.

Fibre roll-out falls within various jurisdictions, both local and regional. This page gives an overview of the competent authorities or organisations involved, but it is by no means exhaustive.

As for the local competences and permits the local town council and/or the police should be contacted.

Federal

In this section you can find the answers to a number of frequently asked questions, for each target group: end-users, operators, authorities or syndics.

The Belgian telecoms market is regulated, the BIPT being the regulatory body. The BIPT performs market analyses in which competition in the market is analysed. When there is insufficient competition, obligations can be imposed on dominant operators, such as the obligation to open up their networks to other operators.

This page expands on the BCRD or the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive, a European Directive including measures to lower the roll-out costs of telecom networks by focussing on sharing infrastructure and on co-executing civil works.

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Any company that wants to offer publicly available electronic communications services or public electronic communications networks has to notify the BIPT in the sense of the Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications (Art. 9 ECA). The list of registered telecom operators can be found here.

Telecom operators have certain rights but the same goes for the owners of a building.

This page gives an overview of the operators registered with the BIPT as providers of fibre services in Belgium. The survey lists the operators who provide (part of) their services by means of fibre, even if the services themselves may vary strongly from operator to operator. In addition, an operator's fibre offer may also depend on the location. The survey contains the following lists: