The years 1995-1996 were a turning point, as far as public awareness of teleworking is concerned in Belgium. Previous to this, a number of enterprises had experimented with various types of teleworking, especially in relation to mobile workers such as sales reps. In the last two years, teleworking has received much greater levels of attention and media coverage. Politicians, business chambers of commerce and trade unions have become involved in the debate.
Middle managers have ISDN lines and computers at home.
At the end of 1996 the association had about 110 members, of whom about 70 are corporate and institutional members. BTA's membership includes many major companies, including Alcatel Bell, Belgacom, Bull, Canon, Digital, IBM, Philips and Unisys whilst universities in membership include Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. BTA has an office in Brussels, produces a newsletter, operates a web site and organises seminars and conferences. The Association plans to continue to develop its membership among business organisations and professionals. It also plans to co-ordinate activities in Belgium for European Telework Week 1997.