Belgium mobile market experienced strong customer growth in second quarter

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

In Belgium, the mobile market experienced a strong second quarter in terms of new subscriptions to cellular services which reached 259,000, a record level since 2008-end. As a result, the country’s total mobile phone users stood at 12.2 million up 2.2% sequentially to bring the penetration ration rate to more than 113% of the population.

As shown on the chart below from Dataxis Intelligence, quarterly new subscriptions evolution in Belgium over the last two years follows an irregular trend varying from 306,000 (the top level) in fourth quarter 2008 to (13,000) in early 2010.

In terms of operators’ contribution to this growth, Mobistar emerged as the best performer accounting for up to 65% of new hired customers, while KPN grabbed a 24% share ahead of the incumbent Belgacom that attracted the remaining 10%.

Source: Dataxis Intelligence