On Wednesday, the results were published of a study carried out by the Belgian telecommunications regulator, the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT), on Fixed telephony and mobile Internet costs.
This is the first time that Luxembourg has participated in the comparative study which also includes Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK; Luxembourg's participation has been through the Luxembourg Telecommunications Regulator, the Institut Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR).
The study is based on the tariff plans of various services offered to residential users in six countries, namely:
• mobile services,
• fixed telephony,
• mobile Internet,
• the high and very high speed Internet,
• "dual play" offers (Internet and television)
• "triple play" offers (Internet, fixed telephony and television)
• "quadruple play" offers (Internet, fixed telephony, TV and mobile services)
The comparative study shows the position of the Luxembourg tariff plans in an international context in prices of telecommunications products. According to the study, the prices of fixed telephony and mobile Internet are comparatively cheap in Luxembourg. Other telecom product offerings are in general above the average of the rates of other countries.
