Heritage archive · 1930–1992

A history in a few dates

Created in 1930, the Telegraph and Telephone Authority ran Belgium's telecommunications network for over sixty years.

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1930
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

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

1936
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

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

1948
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

Post-war rebuilding and modernisation of the exchanges.

1971
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

Automatic telephony rolled out across the whole territory.

1991
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

The RTT becomes Belgacom, an autonomous public company.

1995
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

First steps toward telecom liberalisation.

2025
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

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

2026
RTT / Belgacom / Proximus history

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

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