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Belgian govt kicks off new national broadband plan

Monday 3 May 2021 | 09:50 CET | News
The Belgian government has approved the start of a new national broadband plan. Telecom minister Petra De Sutter said there are an estimated 138,000 households without sufficient internet access and the national broadband plan will work on ways to better serve them. 

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