by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
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...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
The consolidated text (after adoption of numerous amendments) of the draft “Projet de loi relatif aux communications électroniques” / “Wetsontwerp betreffende de elektronische communicatie”, as approved by the Committee on Infrastructure of the...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
Late this afternoon (3+ hours of debate) and this evening (voting session) the plenary session of the Belgian Federal House of Representatives discussed and adopted the two Bills which are intended to transpose the EU regulatory framework for electronic...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
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 Gateways by...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
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 the previously...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Belgium
Following the example of Germany and France in July 2003, Belgium has today recognised the direct effect of Directive 2002/20/EC. The regulatory BIPT issued two “circulaires”, which abolish the individual licensing requirement for operators of public...
