2023-10-16 06:32:34
The telecommunications operator Digi is looking for around a hundred new employees to launch its services in Belgium. Jeroen Degadt (43) will head the Belgian branch of the company of Romanian origin, following spending 18 years at Proximus.
Digi, in collaboration with the Belgian IT company Citymesh, managed to obtain frequencies to install a fourth mobile network in Belgium, alongside Proximus, Telenet and Orange. The company is in the process of rolling out this network, including through an agreement with Proximus to take over transmission towers and temporarily place the first customers on the Proximus network until its own network is ready.
The date when Digi will sell its first subscriptions is not yet known. “We will start in 2024,” says Degadt. He sets the bar high. “We didn’t start with 100,000 customers, we’re aiming for hundreds of thousands. And we are here to stay. We are not an operator that comes and goes quickly. We want to market the Digi brand for years to come.
Digi is in the process of recruiting staff for the launch. In the coming months, Mr. Degadt plans to publish more than a hundred job offers. Some jobs will be at group level – Digi is present in five countries – but there will also be local jobs. The multi-year plan provides for some 350 jobs, depending on growth. The company currently operates from Oostkamp, West Flanders, but also plans to use offices in Brussels.
Digi also wants to offer fixed Internet services and seems willing to implement its own means to achieve this. Mr. Degadt indicates that the possibilities of installing its own fiber optic cables are being studied. “We are open to all kinds of partnerships with operators, such as co-investment or a wholesale agreement, but we would also like to build a section ourselves,” he explains.
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If Digi hangs fiber optic cables on facades, it will already be the third to do so in Flanders. Proximus has been working on this for years and Telenet and Fluvius have also recently started working together on a new fiber optic network through their joint venture Wyre. Both have invited their competitors to enter into capacity sharing agreements.
Details regarding the subscriptions offered by Digi are not yet available. Does she want to be the cheapest? “Certainly the most attractive, with a very good network and very good service,” answers Mr. Degadt. “We believe the market needs choice and freedom. This applies to all consumers, not just those looking for a low price. It is true that Belgian prices are high compared to European prices.
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