The Belgian minister of Digital Agenda Alexander De Croo wants the with a new law to make it easier to switch to a different provider of digital television. Meanwhile, Mobistar started to users are kabelaanbod testing.
Minister of Digital Agenda wants in the new legislation that if a customer is transferring to the new provider will be responsible for all necessary administrative tasks. This should switch easier. Such rules already apply to providers of mobile telephony.
The new law next year. The Croo let it know that the regulator BIPT is also important role in the enforcement of the new rules. A spokesperson of Belgacom late Datanews know that such legislation is welcome.
Mobistar has already started with the first public test on the cable, writes ZDnet. The provider has after the opening of the cable networks access to the network of Telenet and VOO. The first tests to be held among a group of customers from the district of Charleroi, but later, there will be more cities to follow.
During the trial on the cable network by Mobistar under the installation process and the various services tested. If the trials proved successful then wants to Mobistar in the course of 2015 enter the market with its kabelaanbod.