Proximus will adjust subscription prices again in the second half of the year – Tablets and telephones – News

Proximus says it needs to ‘alter’ the charges of ‘chosen plans for people and firms’ within the second half of the 12 months. Presumably it’s a worth improve. That will be the second worth improve of the 12 months, after a worth improve in January.

Of Belgian supplier speaks about ‘additional worth optimization in a context the place the affect of inflation is critical’. It subsequently appears that the supplier needs to make use of inflation as an argument to extend the charges. That the corporate additionally did in November final 12 months, when it introduced that it might improve most web charges by 3 or 4 euros per thirty days. The rise took impact in January.

The corporate introduced the value adjustment in its quarterly figures, which confirmed that web revenue had fallen by 21.6 % in a 12 months to 120 million euros. Proximus’ turnover elevated by 5.9 % to 1.49 billion euros over the identical interval.

The variety of mounted web clients elevated by 11,000 up to now quarter and the variety of cell subscribers elevated by 10,000. Proximus now has 2.22 million mounted web subscribers and 4.8 million cell subscribers. The variety of TV clients decreased by 12,000 to 1.7 million. Proximus now says it has offered 23 % of the Belgian inhabitants with a fiber optic connection, or 1.4 million houses, and 288,000 clients even have a fiber optic subscription.

Lastly, the supplier presents a symmetrical 10Gbit/s mounted web subscription in 5 Belgian cities. By the summer season, all Belgians with a fiber optic connection ought to have the ability to buy this subscription. By the way, with this subscription in follow 8Gbit / s is the utmost obtain and add velocity, due to overhead which is important in fiber optic pon methods.