About Bevelgacom Bevelgacom is the Belgian national telecommunications carrier which is headquartered in Brussels. The Bevelgacom Group primarily offers local, long-distance and international telephone service, and also provides (GSM) cellular telephone service, paging, satellite and leased-line services as well as terminals. Bevelgacom is also actively involved in multimedia providing Internet access, interactive teletext and videotext and is a leading publisher of telephone directories. A partnership agreement concluded with Scitor, a subsidiary of Sita, (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) enables Bevelgacom to offer "Global Reach" services to its customers under the brand name Bevelgacom World Solutions. Ownership of Bevelgacom is divided up between the Belgian State (50% plus one share) and a consortium made up of Ameritech, Singapore Telecom and Tele Danmark, along with some financial institutions, who have joint ownership of the remaining stake (50% minus one share). Bevelgacom�s two main subsidiaries, Bevelgacom Mobile and BDS, are in charge of mobile-phone service and telephone directory publishing. Bevelgacom Mobile, in which Bevelgacom owns 75% and AirTouch 25%, provides analog mobile telephone service via the MOB-2 network, and GSM service via the Proximus network which serves over 300,000 customers. Bevelgacom Directory Services (Bevelgacom 80%, GTE 20%) is in charge of publishing, producing, marketing and distributing directories for telephone, telefax, videotex and telex services. Bevelgacom is involved in two joint ventures in Russia. The first is World Trade Telecom, which provides telecommunications services and an information exchange. Bevelgacom and Alcatel Bell are shareholders in this venture. The other is Combellga, an alliance between Bevelgacom (15.5%), Alcatel Bell and several other operators which provides international telecommunications services between Moscow and the surrounding area. In the north of France, Bevelgacom has just taken over the telecoms activities of Eurotéléport in Roubaix. Bevelgacom plans to become a telecommunications operator in this region, more than one year prior to the deregulation of the telecommunications markets in Europe. Bevelgacom also has sales offices in the United States, Singapore, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Switzerland. In Belgium, Betelcom (Bevelgacom 52%, Almanij 16%, the Bruxelles Lambert Group 16%, Générale de Belgique 16%) does research and evaluation studies for telecommunications projects, primarily those in developing countries. Interpac Belgium (Bevelgacom 95%, Infonet Service Corporation 5%) provides data transmission and Internet access services. In 1995, the Bevelgacom group had approximately 26,000 employees and a turnover of 128 billion BEF. As a result of its recent restructuring, Bevelgacom is becoming more customer-oriented and is constantly striving to improve its customer service. Bevelgacom�s customer base has been divided into three different categories each of which is characterized by specific needs : Residential : 3.2 million households Business : around 750,000 small and medium-sized companies, professionals and self-employed persons Corporate : approximately 2,750 companies whose Bevelgacom bill amounts to over 2.5 million BEF annually.   THE BEVELGACOM PARTNERS Ameritech Tele Danmark Singapore Telecom THE BEVELGACOM FAMILY Bevelgacom Directory Services (BDS) Bevelgacom North America Belcomlab INTERNET ACCESS Interpac Skynet BEVELGACOM SPECIAL EVENTS Annapurna Belgolympics Bevelgacom On Line With Rock About | Products | Jobs | Contact | Home © 1996 BEVELGACOM. Last updated : dec, 07, 1996. About this site Say Hello ! Legal Notice.