update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . june 2015 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message for other uses see proximus disambiguation . proximus headquarters brussels belgium parent proximus group website www.proximus.be proximus previously known as belgacom mobile is the largest of belgium s three mobile telecommunications companies and is a part of proximus group previously belgacom group . it competes with orange belgium and base . contents 1 history 2 company 3 technical information 4 mobile virtual network operator 5 references 6 external links history edit proximus was founded in 1994 as a joint venture between belgacom 75 % and airtouch 25 % respectively . airtouch was later merged with vodafone . in 2006 belgacom bought the remaining vodafone shares . starting january 1994 proximus took over the operatorship of the old mob2 analogue network as well as the new second generation gsm network originally only in the gsm 900 range . the obsolete mob2 network was retired in 1999 . when necessary proximus can also use gsm 1800 to complement its network . it was originally a de facto monopoly but after deregulation mobistar now orange a second gsm 900 operator soon joined the game in 1998 followed by base then known as kpn orange in 1999 . proximus has just a little over 45 % of the market now considered as saturated . in 2014 belgacom included its pay tv business under the proximus brand name which then would include its landline and mobile telephone services aa well as all of its broadband services . 1 company edit proximus mobile was a subsidiary of belgacom which had an ipo in 2004 but remains more than 50 % state owned . a 25 % share was owned by the vodafone group until 2006 when vodafone agreed to sell its stake to belgacom . in 2004 it had a revenue of 2 239 million and an ebitda of 1 135 million . in 2014 belgacom was rebranded to proximus under the leadership of dominique leroy . as of january 2015 belgacom continued partnership with vodafone even after sold to belgacom . proximus mobile is now fully integrated in the proximus group and is no longer a subsidiary . proximus uses the brand name tango in luxembourg . 2 technical information edit the operator s display logo is proximus sometimes displayed as bel proximus or proximus the net code is 206 01 and operates under gsm 900 1800mhz umts 900 2100mhz and lte 1800mhz frequencies . its prepaid service is called pay & go . mobile virtual network operator edit the proximus network is used by a number of mobile virtual network operators such as mf mobile mtv networks benelux mobisud rsca mobile dommel ip nexia and postmobile bpost . 3 references edit greunwedel erik 2014 09 29 . battle of the bulge netflix hbo sign separate belgian telecoms . home media magazine . 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