Proximus has entered into a wholesale agreement with Youfone, under which the Dutch MVNO will be able to access both the fixed and mobile network of Proximus. As a result of the agreement, Youfone will be able to bring fixed and mobile services to the Belgian market from April, as an MVNO on the Proximus network. The deal will allow Youfone to reach new customers and quickly scale up its operations.
Youfone, based in Rotterdam, is a privately owned company founded in 2008 that mainly focuses on the consumer segment. The company says it is the largest independent operator in the Netherlands with over 400,000 customers, supplying both mobile and fixed services.
According to Telecompaper’s Mobile Virtual Operators and Dutch Broadband reports, Youfone had a total of 370,000 customers in the Netherlands at the end of the third quarter. Of these, 330,000 had a mobile connection and 40,000 a fixed connection.
