The BIPT
Annual report 2024
Fields of competence
The BIPT is the federal regulator of the postal and telecommunications sectors. It is also responsible for ensuring digital infrastructure and online platforms security. It ensures that provided services are reliable and of good quality. That is why the BIPT monitors compliance with legal obligations, the developments on the market, the use of radio spectrum, numbers and equipment. The BIPT is also responsible for certain media services in the Brussels-Capital Region.
Expertise
The BIPT provides essential input when strategic decisions are taken in its areas of competence. It contributes to the preparation of regulations in the regulated sectors and the digital sector. The BIPT also has expertise in tariff analyses, which it carries out at national and international level. The BIPT also works with many national, European and international institutional partners to contribute to the preparation and implementation of a wide range of legislative initiatives.
Functions at the international level
The BIPT does not only exercise its competences at the national level; it also ensures the preservation of the interests of the Belgian postal and telecommunications sectors by actively participating in various international bodies, such as BEREC, the ERGP, the CERP, the ITU and the UPU.
Interventions for the general public
The BIPT ensures that users get relevant, accurate and updated information on the various services, their prices as well as new technologies and their deployment. The BIPT provides useful tools to users to help them in their decision-making process, such as the tariff simulator besttariff.be, the data portal and the website postalpoint.be. The BIPT uses social media, publishes videos on its YouTube channel and runs information websites regarding 5G (about 5G) and optical fibre (infofibre.be). The BIPT also runs targeted information campaigns and takes part in trade fairs and conferences in its areas of expertise.
