10/04/09 18:42

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Stephane Beauduin becomes new Chief Marketing Officer of Mobistar.

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Erick Cuvelier is leaving Mobistar and will be succeeded by Stephane Beauduin. His appointment was approved by Mobistar´s Remuneration and Nomination Committee. Erick Cuvelier has accepted a new challenge as a Director in the Innovation and Marketing department in the FT-Orange Group.

25/03/09 10:00

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Mobistar first to launch pre-paid bundles for calling and surfing abroad at lower tariffs

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Mobistar today is the first to launch the Holiday Pass and the Internet Pass for advantageously calling and surfing while on holiday.

13/03/09 00:00

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The mobile operators and the Brussels Capital Region express their will to start consultations on the application of the Brussels standard of 3 V/m, and agree on an implementation schedule

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Brussels Minister for the Environment, Evelyne Huytebroeck, and the mobile operators affiliated with the GSM Operators' Forum have agreed on a framework for the implementation of the Brussels standard of 3 volts/meter, fixed by the Ordinance of 1 March 2007 regarding the "protection of the environment against potential harmful effects and inconveniences caused by non-ionizing radiations".

13/02/09 08:52

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Mobistar and Telenet reconfirm their strategic partnership following new selection procedure

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Mobistar and Telenet today announced the extension of their strategic partnership for a period of at least 3 years.

01/01/09 00:00

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Mobistar network smoothly delivers 23.6 million text messages on New Year's Eve

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Brussels, 1 January 2009 - People increasingly choose to send their New Year’s wishes by text message at the end of the year. This year, Mobistar customers sent a total of 23.6 million SMS’s between Dec. 31 8 p.m. and Jan. 1 8 a.m. In order to accommodate the rise in network traffic, Mobistar raised the capacity of its SMS server and also installed a buffer system.

09/12/08 17:40

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Mobistar closes its share buy back programme and cancels its own shares

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Mobistar completed its share buy back programme for a total value of 175 million euros, equivalent to 3,277,338 shares, on 27th November 2008. To re-cap, 1,291,752 shares were bought prior to the GM of 7th May 2008 and cancelled by this GM. These shares were acquired for a total of 73.7 million euros.

05/12/08 19:55

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No tacit extension of Mobistar's 2G licence

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Extension until 2013 announced
Brussels, 5th December 2008. - The BIPT (Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications) and the Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne, have informed Mobistar that there will be no tacit extension of its 2G licence in the two years leading up to the initially agreed date of 27 November 2010.

14/11/08 09:35

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Mobistar exercises option on remaining 10% of VOXmobile

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Brussels, 14 November 2008 - Mobistar is buying the remaining 10 % of the shares in its Luxembourg subsidiary VOXmobile for 6,675,000 euros from shareholder Biko, an investment company co-founded by Jean-Claude Bintz and Pascal Koster. Jean-Claude

16/09/08 11:35

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Mobistar enters into partnership with Pumbby to further develop mobile marketing

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Mobistar and Pumbby enter into a partnership and launch a joint mobile phone advertising initiative for Mobistar customers.

01/07/08 11:07

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Blyk, a new MVNO partner of Mobistar

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Mobistar and Blyk announce today that they have reached an agreement related to the provision of mobile services. Blyk intends to enter the Belgian market as a mobile virtual network operator using the Mobistar network.