Check your contracts with energy and telecom suppliers, consumers are told

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In collaboration with the watchdogs BIPT, CREG and FSMA, the ministry of Economy is launching the "Dare to compare" campaign on Wednesday. The campaign encourages households to compare contracts with their suppliers to save money.

Check your contracts with energy and telecom suppliers, consumers are told

"Hundreds of thousands of households are paying too much for their energy and telecommunications services. Yet many consumers remain loyal to their current supplier, even when switching would be beneficial," the ministry says. "The same applies to insurance contracts which, following a change in family circumstances, no longer meet the household's current needs."

According to the latest figures from CREG, 700,000 families pay an average of 700 euros too much per year for electricity and gas. The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT), meanwhile, has calculated that an average household can save up to €600 a year on its fixed broadband subscription.

"Yet many people are not taking advantage of these savings," the authorities point out. "A BIPT study on mobile service prices found that 12 per cent of respondents believed their operator had changed the terms of their subscription on its own initiative over the past year. One in five (19 per cent) thought the price had risen during that period. Of the first group, only 2 per cent switched operators, while just 1 per cent of the second group did so."

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