A history in a few dates

First Belgian telegraph line in service: Brussels–Antwerp, operated by a private concessionaire (Cooke & Wheatstone).

The Brussels–Antwerp line was purchased by the State (60,000 francs). At that time, only Brussels, Antwerp and Mechelen were open to the public, with ‘very little’ traffic.

First international telegraph connection (Prussia): Verviers designated as the point where the two services diverge.

The telegraph services consist of 75 offices (78 if you include the duplicate offices in Brussels, Antwerp, and Liège) and 1,057 km of lines.

Network expanded to 356 offices (including ~260 at train stations and ~83 at post offices); 3,519 km of lines.

433 offices (120 at state-owned stations, 93 at concession-operated stations, 128 auxiliary offices, and 92 in cities); of the 305 state-owned offices, only 20 have dedicated telegraph staff.

445 offices; 15,639 km of lines (entire network, including concession lines).

The Beginnings of Privately Operated Telephony.

Decision on a state monopoly: The state operates the telephone system “in the public interest” as a public service.

Creation of the Telegraph and Telephone Authority, an autonomous state enterprise.

Expansion of the automatic network in the country's major cities.

Post-war rebuilding and modernisation of the exchanges.

Laying of the undersea cable between Ostend and Dover: a direct link to England.

Automatic telephony rolled out across the whole territory.

The RTT becomes Belgacom, an autonomous public company.

First steps toward telecom liberalisation.

The Proximus Group has decided to sell more than 100 buildings as part of its new strategy.

This website was launched to catalog the Régie's buildings.