Proximus boosts fibre speeds with symmetrical connections
October 8, 2026 11.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover


Belgian telecoms operator Proximus is increasing download and upload speeds across its residential and business fibre broadband packages, introducing symmetrical connections of up to 2.5 Gbps from 1 November.

The upgrade will see residential customers on Internet Go Fiber receive speeds of up to 250 Mbps in both directions, compared with the current 150 Mbps download and 30 Mbps upload.

Internet Mega Fiber will increase from 500/100 Mbps to 600/600 Mbps, while Internet Giga Fiber customers will receive symmetrical 2 Gbps connections, replacing the existing 2 Gbps download and 200 Mbps upload service.

Customers taking broadband through a Flex+ Mega Fiber bundle will also benefit, with speeds increasing from 500/500 Mbps to 600/600 Mbps.

The changes represent a particularly significant increase in upload capacity, reflecting growing demand for cloud services, video conferencing and other applications requiring faster upstream connections.

Business customers will receive similar improvements, although the highest-tier Business Internet Giga Fiber package will offer symmetrical speeds of 2.5 Gbps, up from 2.5 Gbps download and 500 Mbps upload.

Proximus says the new packages will offer the highest upload speeds available in the Belgian market.

Existing customers will be migrated automatically over the coming weeks, with no action required. New customers subscribing from November will receive the increased speeds immediately.

The speed increases form part of Proximus’ continuing investment in fibre-to-the-premises infrastructure.

At the end of June 2026, the operator’s fibre network passed more than 2.75 million homes and businesses, representing coverage equivalent to more than 43% of the Belgian population.

Proximus expects recently announced partnerships with other Belgian telecoms operators to accelerate fibre deployment further.

The upgrades also strengthen the operator’s position as Belgian broadband providers compete on higher speeds and the availability of full-fibre connections.