Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Mobile networks in Belgium

This post is my opinion about the mobile networks available in Belgium.
Mainly three companies own the infrastructure of Belgium's GSM network.
1. Proximus
2. Mobistar
3. Base
All the other names you might see on your phone screen, make use of (one of) the above networks through contract. A full list of available mobile network providers and the network underneath can be found here.

On a personal note, I would suggest you to check the coverage map of any of the above mentioned networks, before you get one. Because some of them are really annoying. I have a 'carrefour mobile' sim card which uses the Base network. Call rates are pretty good in comparison but this base network is annoying at times and I am almost never reachable. Finally I had to get a secondary number (lyca) which uses a proximus network.
If you are living in a bigger city, then the above mentioned issues may not be there.
Share your experiences in the comments section.

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