belgium.be

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belgium.be BIBA

• Ministry for Telecommunication,
• Public Enterprises and Participations, in charge
  of the Self-employed.
• www.telcobel.be

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belgium.be

• We are a broad country 1 federal government,
  Flemish community, French community, German
  community, Walloon region, Brussels region
• We are THE broadband country!
• Broadband penetration in Belgium 1 on 6
  households or every second connected household

• Broadband coverage in Belgium 98-99.5

• Why
• 1. Competition between ADSL (60) and Cable
  (40)
• 2. Whole spectrum of offers retail, wholesale,
  bitstream 1 2, ULL
• Mission accomplished! Ready for the next step!

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Where to go now?

• Today Internet is mainly used for browsing and
  e-mail
• Future is to integrate Internet Broadband in
  existing applications and services
• Use other governmental actions to promote
  Broadband applications

• Identify existing needs for which Broadband is a
  solution
• Cooperative model between government, ISPs,
  manufactures, end-user service providers and
  federations BIBA

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BIBA PlatformBelgium Internet Broadband
Applications Platform

• Initiative M. Daems, Minister of
  Telecommunications .be
• Started begin August 2002
• Position paper approved end November 2002
• European Council of Ministers December 2002
• stimulate services, applications and content
  over broadband
• Several Industry players, open to all
• MoU in approval stage, NDA frame
• Pilot projects starting NOW !
• Ready for eEurope 2005 actions

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BIBA Criteria

• Based on existing technology
• Marketpotential
• Measurable  
• SME and consumer oriented
• Pilot applications
• Health
• Security and surveillance
• E-Learning
• Teleworking