Base Company
| Base Company nv
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| legal form | Naamloze vennootschap |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat |
Brussels , Belgium
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| Number of employees | 503 (status: end of 2006) |
| Website | www.base.be |
The Base Company nv ( proper spelling BASE ) is next to Proximus and Orange Belgium the smallest of the three mobile phone companies in Belgium . In Germany, Base was offered as a brand from June 2005 until it was discontinued in spring 2019, first by E-Plus , later by Telefónica Germany . Existing customers have been migrated to blue .
history
The company was founded in 1998 under the name "KPN Orange" as a subsidiary of the Dutch Koninklijke KPN NV and the British Orange plc and began offering mobile communications services on the Belgian market on April 2, 1999 under the brand name "Orange". In the course of the takeover of Orange by France Télécom , the 50% stake in Base fell to France Télécom. However, since France Télécom already had a stake in the second largest Belgian mobile operator Mobistar , it had to part with one of its holdings and in 2000 transferred its stake to KPN. For legal reasons, KPN Orange was renamed Base . Base in Belgium has been part of the Telenet Group since 2015 .
Company data and offer
The GSM -Netz (GSM 900 / DCS 1800) of base reaches 98% of the Belgian population. In 2007 the UMTS network was also launched by Base. The provider has 2,358,000 customers (as of January 2007). In addition to UMTS and GSM, Base also offers the data services GPRS and EDGE .
Base phone numbers usually start with 048x.
The prepaid provider “ Simyo ” and “ Ay Yildiz ” belonged to BASE until the takeover. Base also makes its network available to the Belgian mobile phone discounter "Dixitel", 1Mobile and NRJ Mobile . The prepaid brand “Aldi Talk”, marketed under Aldi Nord , was also implemented from 2007 onwards with the aid of Base's cellular network. Due to the tightening of the anti-terror law , the service was discontinued by Aldi due to a lack of personnel capacities in the individual branches.
Web links
- Official website of the Base Company nv (English, French, Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.base.be/en.html
- ↑ teltarif.de : One year after sales stop: Base becomes blue ; accessed on April 27, 2019
- ↑ www.mobilechallengers.eu ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Because of the anti-terror law - Aldi Belgium will soon no longer have prepaid cards . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , accessed on August 11, 2019.
