It will initially target its own postpaid customers with the offer. Customers on the more expensive Panther 45 and 60 mobile plans will pay EUR 39 per month for fixed broadband and TV and other Mobistar postpaid customers pay EUR 49 per month. The services are available to start in eight municipalities in Brussels region, as well as Leuven, Aalst, Mons, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and Wavre. Mobistar said it will gradually expand the service in order to maintain quality for all customers, with the aim of reaching nationwide coverage by the end of 2016.
The subscription includes unlimited downloads, Wi-Fi, the cable subscription including analogue channels, "dozens" of channels in HD, a DVR with space for up to 400 hours of recording, up to four simultaneous recordings and the pause function for live TV. Customers can add options such as unlimited calls evening and weekends from the mobile number to fixed and mobile lines in Belgium for EUR 3 per month, faster fixed internet at 200 Mbps for EUR 10 or 15 per month depending on the municipality, and an extra TV decoder for EUR 9 per month.
Mobistar started testing the wholesale cable access in 2014 and has led the lobby for the cable networks to be opened up to other providers. Mobistar was previously active on the DSL network offering fixed broadband, but stopped selling the services in 2013, saying it was too difficult to earn a return on the fixed market dominated by Proximus and Telenet. Belgian regulators started the process of regulating cable network access in 2011 and the regulations have just been approved by the European Commission. As a result, service providers now have regulated access to the cable networks of Telenet and Voo.
