Mobile Marketing: Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Wireless Technology

Belgium is a growing market with around 8 million mobile phone users, which means a penetration rate of over 80%.
| 2004 | ||
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| Millions | Penetration | |
| Mobile subscribers | 8.3 | 83% |
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| Proximus (http://www.proximus.be) | Mobistar (http://www.mobistar.be) | Base (http://www.base.be) | |
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| Main shareholders | 75% Belgacom, 25% Vodafone | 50.6% Orange, 40.75% public | 100% KPN Mobile |
| 2004 Market share (million users) | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| 2004 Monthly ARPU ( ) | 43 | 39 | 27 |
| Average price | |
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| Colour logos | 1.5 |
| Black and white logos | 1.5 |
| Monophonic ring tones | 1.75 |
| Polyphonic ring tones | 2.40 |
| Java games | 5 |
| Quizzes | 0.5 |
| Chat services | 0.5 |
| Mobile voting | 0.5 |
| Adult content | 4 |
| Adult chat | 1 |
| Proximus | Mobistar | Base | |
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| Premium SMS (PSMS) | |||
| Type of PSMS | Premium MO, premium MT | Premium MO, premium MT | Premium MO, premium MT |
| End user price inc. VAT ( ) | 0.15 4.00 | 0.15 4.00 | 0.15 4.00 |
| Number of digits allowed in shortcode | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Premium browsing | |||
| Portal | V Live! | Orange World | i mode |
| Launch date | June 2004 | July 2004 | 2002 |
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