Belgian mobile market shows quarterly growth of 4.2%
Belgain mobile operators generated service revenues of EUR 908 million in the second quarter, down 4.4 percent from a year earlier, but up 4.2 percent from the first quarter of 2011, according to a report from Telecompaper. Annual growth in non-voice (SMS and data) services was not enough to compensate for the fall in voice revenues due to cuts in termination and roaming rates. All three operators - Proximus, Base and Mobistar - showed a 4-5 percent annual drop in service revenues, but all grew on a sequent