Proximus and DELTA Fiber have signed an MoU to enlarge and accelerate the roll-out of Fiber-to-the-Home in a cost-efficient way, while ensuring access for all interested parties under non-exclusive and non-discriminatory terms.
Following the signature of the MoU, Proximus and DELTA Fiber will now engage in the negotiation of specific terms to build a fiber network in several cities and neighbourhoods in Flanders (a Dutch-speaking area in the north of Belgium and one of 3 Belgian regions together).
The purpose is to pass Fiber to about 1,5 million homes and businesses in Flanders within this collaboration. DELTA Fiber is a Dutch telecom company with a long track record and expertise in building next-generation networks. As a fast growing fiber company, with over 700.000 fiber connections all throughout the Netherlands, DELTA Fiber has the ambition to connect 1 million households and companies by the end of 2021 in the Netherlands. DELTA Fiber has an open network over which multiple wholesale parties can provide their services to consumers and companies.
By joining forces, Proximus and DELTA Fiber will be able to leverage know-how and efficiency gains in fiber deployment as well as realise a significant acceleration and a substantial increase of the coverage over and above the by Proximus announced roll-out plans to pass 2.4M living units by 2025 in Belgium.
Marco Visser, CEO of DELTA Fiber
For many years already DELTA Fiber has vast experience in the roll out of fiber, both independently as well as in collaboration with partners. It’s our ambition to speed up building fiber optic networks and provide as many people as soon as possible with access to fast internet.
