NEWS

 
15/2/2010 BICS and G-Xchange sign agreement for international remittances
  Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS), a leading global provider of voice, data and value added services and G-Xchange (GXI), a fully-owned mobile-commerce subsidiary of Philippines’ Globe Telecom, have signed an agreement to expand GXI’s existing number of remittance corridors, using BICS’ HomeSend Remittance Hub.  
 
1/12/2009 BICS and MTN complete the agreement to combine their international carrier services
 

Belgacom ICS (BICS) and MTN are pleased to announce the closing of the transaction which results in a combination of their international carrier services and MTN taking an equity stake in BICS.

 
 
22/10/2009 Belgacom ICS and The RBS sign an MoU for facilitation of mobile remittances
 

Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the facilitation of foreign currency exchange for mobile remittances.

 
 
26/6/2009 Belgacom ICS and MTN Extend Strategic Co-operation by Combining Their International Carrier Services
  Belgacom ICS (BICS) and MTN announce a next step in their strategic co-operation by combining their international carrier services, resulting in MTN holding an equity stake in BICS. The current shareholders of BICS, Belgacom and Swisscom, are therefore pleased to see MTN become a new shareholder.  
 
23/3/2009 Belgacom ICS and eServGlobal Perform Successful Remittance Trial with North African Operator
  Belgacom International Carrier Services and eServGlobal perform a first successful International Remittance trial with a North African Mobile Operator.  
 
18/2/2009 GSMA Expands Reach of Mobile Money Transfer Programme
  Forges Strategic Partnerships with Belgacom International Carrier Services and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group  
 
5/2/2009 Belgacom International Carrier Services Certified as GSMA Compliant Roaming Hub
  Belgacom ICS, a leading global wholesale carrier, today announced the successful completion of the self-certification process of its Open Connectivity Roaming Hub.  
 
27/11/2008 Belgacom International Carrier Services Awarded Best Wholesale Carrier
  Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) has been named “Best Wholesale Carrier” at the World Communication Awards 2008 event held in London on 26 November 2008  
 
18/11/2008 Sybase 365 and Belgacom ICS Strengthen Commitment to Asia Pacific with GRX Peering in Singapore
  Companies to strengthen global data roaming and service interoperability  
 
26/6/2008 Belgacom ICS and Veraz Networks Announce Successful Completion of GSMA IPX Trial
  Converged support for TDM and IP applications key to offering enhanced interconnect services for mobile and fixed operators.  
 
26/5/2008 Omantel and Belgacom ICS Join Forces Again
 

Omantel and Belgacom ICS are pleased to announce a next step in their partnership with the joint investment in the Europe India Gateway (EIG).

 
 
5/2/2008 Update on the Open Connectivity
  Belgacom ICS is currently joining forces to the full-scale Open Connectivity Roaming Hub Trial and successfully certified as SMS Hubbing Provider  
 
20/6/2007 Digicel Group chooses Belgacom ICS for SMS
  Belgacom International Carrier Services has been chosen by Digicel Group to extend it's international SMS coverage.  
 
12/2/2007 Sybase 365 and Belgacom ICS bring international SMS communities together
 

This initiative allows two-way messaging connectivity between more than 2 billion subscribers across nearly 400 mobile operators worldwide.

 
 
21/11/2006 Omantel signs a Memorandum of Understanding
 

Omantel and Belgacom International Carrier Services (ICS) sign a Memorandum of Understanding establishing the framework for a partnership that will further develop their international carrier services within the Middle East.