Geographic availability of broadband in Portugal
The availability of broadband depends on public telephone exchanges being equipped with
At the end of the first quarter of 2007 there were 1853
These infrastructures are concentrated in the areas of Greater Lisbon and Porto, in northern coastal areas and in the Algarve. In the interior of the country exchange density is lower, in line with the lower population densities of these areas. In the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores practically all exchanges are equipped with
Graph 1 - Distribution by municipality of DSLAM exchanges - 1Q 2006 and 1Q 2007 Source: ICP-ANACOM It should be noted that there are exceptional cases where it isn't possible to provide ADSL services over a particular local loop, owing to the loop's physical characteristics (in particular due to its length, the section and state of repair). Graph 2 - Distribution by municipality of DSLAM exchanges with subscribers and population density (Mainland Portugal) - 1Q 2007 Source: ICP-ANACOM Graph 3 - Distribution by municipality of DSLAM exchanges with subscribers and population density (Autonomous Regions) - 1Q 2007 Azores Madeira Source: ICP-ANACOM The sum of households newly cabled during the first quarter of 2007 (1Q07), by all cable TV distribution operators, was 60 thousand - over 1.5 per cent more than in the previous quarter (cf. Table 1). The amount of cabled households by all operators was thus above 4 million1. In the quarter analysed in this report, Centre was the region with the highest growth in cabled households (2.4 per cent), with a very similar variation in the North (2.3 per cent). The most significant yearly variation took place in the North (15.9 per cent). Unit: Thousand
At the end of 1Q07, cable television distribution service had 1.4 million subscribers2, a figure that is slightly above that of the previous quarter. Vis-à-vis the same quarter of the previous year, there was a 2.1 per cent growth, which stands for 30 thousand new subscribers since 1Q06. The ratio of subscribers to this service versus the Portuguese population grew 0.2 per cent since the previous quarter, to 13.6 per cent3. Graph 4 - Distribution by county of DSLAM switchboards and amount of cable television subscribers per 100 inhabitants (Mainland Portugal) -1Q07 Source: ICP-ANACOM Graph 5 - Distribution by county of DSLAM switchboards and amount of cable television subscribers per 100 inhabitants (Autonomous Regions) - 1Q07
Source: ICP-ANACOM ----- 1 The provision of the service by more than one operator in the same region makes a multiple cabling of the same household possible. This means that the sum of households cabled by all operators, putting together the figures reported by each one of them, may contain double counting. That is apparent, for instance, in the Lisbon area, in which the sum of households cabled by all operators is greater than the total amount of households. This is becoming more important in line with the growth in competition among operators. For this reason, the penetration indicator ''cabled households/total households'' was terminated. Indeed, it is impossible to bypass this double counting issue and thus ICP-ANACOM considers that this indicator should not be used to monitor the service’s penetration rate.
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Sum of cabled households
(all operators)Variation (%) Total hh. by NUTS II1
(source: INE)
Quarterly Yearly
North
1,208
2.3%
15.9%
1,605
Centre
581
2.4%
8.0%
1,248
Lisbon
1,793
0.9%
2.2%
1,282
Alentejo
133
0.6%
3.5%
421
Algarve
223
1.6%
7.3%
276
ARA
56
0.0%
0.0%
93
ARM
88
0.2%
1.1%
94
Total
4,082
1.5%
7.1%
5,019
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2 It is worth mentioning the influence of the protocols between the Government of the Republic, the regional Governments of both the autonomous regions, ICP-ANACOM and the sole television distribution network operator currently in each of those two regions. They aim at guaranteeing to the citizens of the archipelagos free Access to the national free-to-air channels and the gradual migration of analogue to digital technology. Madeira's protocol was signed on 6 August 2004, with visible effects namely on the amount of subscribers to the cable television service, since 4Q04. Azores’ protocol was signed on 5 November 2005 with effects now becoming apparent, namely with the increase in the amount of subscribers to the cable television service.
3 It should be mentioned that, in the cases with the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and of Madeira, these indicators are influenced by the entry into force of the protocols between the Government of the Republic, the Regional Governments, ICP-ANACOM and the sole television distribution network operator currently in each of those two regions. They aim at guaranteeing to the citizens of the archipelagos free Access to the national free-to-air channels and the gradual migration of analogue to digital technology. Madeira’s protocol was signed on 6 August 2004, with visible effects namely on the amount of subscribers to the cable television service, since 4Q04. Azores' protocol was signed on 5 November 2005 with effects becoming apparent from early in 2006, namely with the increase in the amount of subscribers to the cable television service.
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