PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Orange Belgium, a subsidiary of France's Orange, said on Friday it had selected Nokia's gear both for the renewal of its existing networks and the rollout of its future 5G network, confirming a Reuters story.

Reuters reported on Thursday that the Belgian telecom operator as well as its local rival Proximus had decided to progressively replace Huawei-made mobile equipment in Belgium and Luxembourg with Nokia's gear. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)