The total number of active Internet connection in Belgium (3,528,225) increased by 1.33% in the first quarter of 2012.
During the first quarter of 2012, the number of residential net connections grew by 31,985 lines to a total of 2,865,699 connections in Belgium, which is an increase of 1.13% over the previous quarter. Except for 1,702 dial-up connections, these are all broadband connections.
In the business market the number of Internet connections grew by 2.23% to 662,526 lines, which represents a growth of 14,500 new broadband connections.