Belgacom ICS
| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Lebeaustraat 4 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
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Key people
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Daniel Kurgan, CEO |
| Website | bics |
BICS (previously known as Belgacom ICS or Belgacom International Carrier Services) operates in the telecommunication industry as a subsidiary of Proximus Group, and provides wholesale carrier services to wireline and wireless operators, and service providers globally. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with sales offices and Service Operation Centers worldwide including Dubai, Singapore, Bern, San Francisco and New York. BICS provides voice, connectivity, messaging, roaming and mobile financial services to over 1,000 fixed and wireless carriers and service providers, including more than 400 mobile operators. In 2012 BICS processed 28 billion international minutes and generated revenues for 1,65 Billion Euro.
BICS owns and operates a high capacity enabled global network based on a wholly owned and operated 100Gbit/s capable DWDM network in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, UK and Belgium augmented with leased capacity and submarine cable assets to serve the global footprint.
BICS' international network includes over 500 direct connections in 160+ countries, capacity on 75 submarine cables (including the TAT-14, SMW3, FLAG, Yellow and SAT-3) with 200 landing points, participation in the Intelsat and Eutelsat satellite systems, and over 300 bilateral agreements with other operators. To secure capacity between Europe and Asia for future requirements.
To add physical redundancy, in 2008 BICS invested in the EIG (Europe India Gateway) cable system through their partner Omantel. BICS fully own Teleport in La Ciotat with a large allowed Leased Spectrum (76°5E to 31°5W).
For mobile data, BICS operates its own signalling, SMS, MMS and GRX platforms, which connect up to 400 mobile networks across the globe. Peering connections have been established with over 30 hubbing providers to extend the company reach to the overall mobile community.
BICS routes voice and data communications across the different networks on an international scale. The voice and mobile data products and services are part of the Mosaic product portfolio. The company is evangelist of developments in new telecommunication technologies as 4G, IP, Wi-Fi, etc. In the first half of 2013 BICS announced the performance of the first intercontinental 4G roaming connection over its IPX platform, between Europe and Asia. BICS historically started off as a voice-only provider, but began to diversify its offering with mobile oriented solutions in the early years 2000.
BICS’ mobile solutions include:
Since 2011, BICS provides IPX solutions to support the LTE evolution: IPX Access, IPX Transport, IPX Voice, LTE Signalling BICS’ services are backed by a ROADM-enabled 100Gb core network in Western Europe and an MPLS/SHD network in the rest of the world. This enables the company to offer a range of capacity services, going from Ethernet services, over Wavelength services to IP transit services.
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