Vodafone Belgium SA
Acronym: VBSA
General Information
Identification Code: 90142503473-81
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Entity Form: SA
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 4/20/2010
Last Update: 2/23/2024
EP Accredited Number: 7
Mission & Interests
Goals: Vodafone is the largest pan-European and African telecoms company . Our purpose is to connect for a better future and our expertise and scale gives us a unique opportunity to drive positive change for society. Our networks keep family, friends, businesses and governments connected and – as COVID-19 has clearly demonstrated – we play a vital role in keeping economies running and the functioning of critical sectors like education and healthcare.
Vodafone provides mobile and fixed services in 17 countries, partners with mobile networks in 46 more and is also a world leader in Internet of Things (IoT).
For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Climate action
- Competition
- Consumers
- Culture and media
- Education and training
- Energy
- Environment
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Public health
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Markets and networks regulation
- Gigabit Infrastructure Act
- Competition policy including state aid
- Net neutrality
- Spectrum Policy
- Digitisation of Industries:
- Data economy package including Data Act , EU data spaces, AI Act
- Use of data, including eprivacy Regulation, GDPR review, eIDAS , data flows and international data transfers
- Network architectures and network design:
- Disaggregated network architectures including Open RAN
- Decommissioning of legacy 2G and 3G networks and associated issues like continued support for (automotive) eCall
- Cybersecurity and resilience:
- EU’s 5G Security Toolbox including High-Risk Vendors and Open RAN for vendor diversity
- Cyber Resilience Act
- Network and Information Security Directive 2 (Transposition and Implementation) Review
- EUCS and other future schemes under the EU Cybersecurity Act
- Upcoming EC initiatives regarding cyber-solidarity and cyber-skills
- Resilience of submarine cables
- Industrial Strategy and SME policy
- European Green Deal including energy efficiency, circular economy, enablement (European Green Digital Coalition, smart agriculture).
- EU initiatives related to regulation of online intermediaries, e.g. CSAM and illegal online content
- Media regulation e.g. European Media Freedom Act, implementation of Audiovisual Media Services Directive
- EU-Africa framework (D4D Hub Private Sector Advisory Group, Global gateway)
- Implementation of EU Digital Single Market Strategy including European Electronic Communications Code, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, AVMSD
Communication Activities: Vodafone staff regularly speak at public events and on the media regarding the topics above, as well as other topics related to our purpose to connect for a better future. We publish and post these activities regularly on our website (https://www.vodafone.com/about-vodafone/how-we-operate/public-policy) and through our social media channels.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Rue Archimede, 25
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Rue Archimede, 25
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: Budgeted payroll is € 1.5 m and office cost are € 0.2 m
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 8
Members F T E: 8
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: n/a
Organisation Members: Business Europe
Centre for European Reform (CER)
Centre of Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
European Roundtable for Industry (ERT)
European Internet Forum (EIF)
EU-UK Forum
Friends of Europe
GSM Association Europe