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Proximus to invest €3 billion in Belgian fibre initiative
Belgian operator Proximus plans to invest €3 billion over
the coming 10 years to accelerate its deployment of fibre into homes and apartments in Belgium. The roll-out will start in six city regions in early 2017, with the aim of reaching more than 85 per cent of all businesses and more than 50 per cent of all households with fibre. The ‘Fiber for Belgium’
investment plan, which was approved by the company’s Board of Directors in December 2016, is the first large-scale deployment of fibre to the home (FTTH) in Belgium, the operator asserts. The first cities to be covered will be Antwerp, Brussels, Charleroi, Ghent, Namur and Roeselare. ‘When we say that we’re going to
accelerate the deployment of fibre in Belgium, we really mean it! Every minute, we will cover an extra home with fibre,’ boasted Proximus CEO Dominique Leroy. This news will help Belgium
combat its reputation as one of the fibre laggards in Europe (along with the UK), which has not yet reached the threshold of one per cent of its population subscribing to fibre- based services, according to the latest (2015) edition of the FTTH Ranking prepared for the FTTH Council Europe. Proximus has ‘seen the light’.
Feedback from its customers connected to FTTH in new residential developments revealed that they are more loyal and use more services. Now Proximus hopes that the superior experience created by fibre – with ultra-fast download and upload speeds and responsiveness – will help it increase market share in both the residential and enterprise segments.
Proximus plans to build upon its
VDSL network, which contains more than 21,000km of optical fibre connecting its street cabinets, as well as its ‘Fit for Growth’ programme, which has brought fibre networks to more than 80 per cent of business districts in Belgium. From a financial and operational point of view, it makes sense to combine the deployment of fibre to businesses in dense city areas with bringing fibre inside homes and apartments. This will allow the roll-out of FTTH to be carried out at an acceptable cost in these areas, the operator says.
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Proximus’ CEO Dominque Leroy Customers living outside dense
city areas will not be forgotten, the operator asserts. Proximus will continue to improve its existing fibre-to-the-curb network, bringing fibre closer to the customer and rolling out next-generation VDSL to boost performance. Commenting on the
announcement, Alexander De Croo, Belgium’s Minister of Telecom, said: ‘The roll-out of fibre is an essential step in our aim to bring Belgium in the European top three of the most advanced digital countries by 2020.’
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