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This article is about the Belgian mobile telephony provider. For the unrelated Telefónica-owned brand, see Movistar.
Mobistar N.V./S.A. 
Type Naamloze vennootschap / Société anonyme Traded as Euronext: MOBB Industry Telecommunications Founded 1996 Headquarters Brussels, Belgium Key people Benoit Scheen (CEO), Jan Steyaert (Chairman) Services Mobile and fixed-line telephony, ADSL, Satellite TV Revenue €1.665 billion (2010)[1] Operating income €373.5 million (2010)[1] Profit €263.6 million (2010)[1] Total assets €1.303 billion (end 2010)[1] Total equity €431.2 million (end 2010)[1] Employees 1,585 (2010)[2] Parent Orange Website www.mobistar.be Mobistar is the second largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators. It competes with Proximus, owned by Belgian state owned telco Belgacom, and Base, a subsidiary of Dutch KPN.
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History
It was founded in 1996 as a joint-venture between Telinfo and France Télécom, building a GSM 900 network and then founding a complementary DCS 1800 network.
Initially Mobistar added to its network coverage by signing contracts with providers such as Motorola & Talkline, Cellway, a subsidiary of Martin Dawes Telecommunications and Debitel Belgium, the latter two which it would take over respectively in 1997 and 2000.
Mobistar claims to have been the first GPRS operator in Belgium.
In May 2007 Mobistar bought 90% of the shares of VOXmobile, a mobile phone company of Luxembourg.
In October 2010 Mobistar launched a €55/month hybrid satellite/internet TV package, Starpack[3] to provide phone customers with multi-channel TV. Mobistar TV combines DTH satellite TV with ADSL Internet to provide over 500 satellite TV and radio channels, along with interactive services, catch-up TV and content-on-demand via the Internet, and programme recording management via a smart phone. The satellite TV package includes Flemish national channels, HD and 3D channels, and a range of European free-to-air channels, all received from Astra satellites.[4]
Company
Mobistar is majority-owned by the France Télécom holding company Atlas Services Belgium (ASB), which holds a 52.91% stake. Mobistar is thus a subsidiary of France Télécom's mobile division Orange. It is a member of the FreeMove alliance.
Mobile virtual network operator
The Mobistar network is used by a number of mobile virtual network operators including Simply (Mobistar), Mobistar SOS (Mobistar), Mobile Plus (Delhaize), and Telenet Mobile (Telenet).
Technical information
The operator's display logo is mobistar, the net code is 206 10 and operates under GSM 900/1800 (2G GSM) net and W-CDMA 2100 (3G UTMS) frequencies. Its prepaid service is called Tempo.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Annual Results 2010". Mobistar. http://corporate.mobistar.be/pdf/FY_Q4_2010_FR.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Our company". Mobistar. http://corporate.mobistar.be/go/en/about_mobistar/our_company.cfm. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "Mobistar lance une nouvelle expérience télévisuelle !" (Press release). Mobistar. September 21, 2010. http://corporate.mobistar.be/go/en/media_center/news/news_details.cfm?news_id=177.
- ^ "BELGIAN TELECOM PROVIDER MOBISTAR TO RELY ON ASTRA FOR ITS “MOBISTAR TV” OFFER" (Press release). SES Astra. September 21, 2010. http://www.ses-astra.com/business/en/news-events/news-latest/index.php?pressRelease=/pressReleases/pressReleaseList/10-09-21/index.php.
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