BASE mobile in Belgium.
BASE (formerly named KPN Orange) is one of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators. It competes with Proximus, owned by Belgacom; and Mobistar, owned by Orange SA. It is a subsidiary of the former Dutch PTT, KPN. BASE claims to be "the fastest growing mobile operator in Belgium" and has an estimated 98% coverage of the country. Since 2005, the BASE corporate identity and claim "freedom of speech" are also used by German operator E-Plus, also a subsidiary of KPN. E-Plus used the brand to promote a flatrate in which all calls to landlines and within the E-Plus network and all text messages within the E-Plus network are covered by a monthly charge of 25 Euro.
