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ANACOM imposes improvements at local loop unbundling level on PTC
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=435009 ANACOM has decided to impose on PT changes in the RUO - Reference Unbundling Offer, allowing for this purpose a 15-working-day deadline.
27.12.2006
ANACOM issues redesigned FWA titles
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=429771 ANACOM is issuing redesigned titles of rights to use frequencies for the operation of FWA systems to AR Telecom, Novis, Oni, Vodafone, WTS, PTC, and Broadnet.
11.12.2006
ANACOM seeks market's opinion on new wireless broadband technology
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=428811 ANACOM has launched a public consultation on the question of introducing Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) in Portugal.
06.12.2006
Penetration rate of cable television distribution service is at 13.2%
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=427683 The percentage of subscribers to the cable television distribution service in the Portuguese population stood at 13.2% in the third quarter of 2006.
04.12.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
Decreased fixed traffic in the third quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=425447 Total traffic originating on the fixed network during the third quarter of 2006 reached 2,140 million minutes, a 5.5% fall from the previous quarter.
27.11.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
Sonaecom takeover bid for Portugal Telecom
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=425347 ANACOM approves opinion on Competition Authority draft decision.
24.11.2006
88.4% of Internet customers use broadband
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=424215 At the end of the third quarter of this year there were about 1.587 million Internet access service customers in Portugal.
23.11.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
Mobile service subscribers increase in the quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=421648 At the end of the 3rd quarter of 2006 there were 11,926 million Mobile Telephone Service subscribers.
15.11.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
ANACOM approves opinion on Competition Authority draft decision
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=411771 ANACOM have approved the opinion on the draft decision of the Competition Authority, Autoridade da Concorrência, on the concentration operation involving PT and Sonaecom.
23.10.2006
ANACOM sets out quality parameters for Internet access services
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=410051 ANACOM has decided to advance with the definition of quality of service parameters, which companies providing Internet access services must measure.
16.10.2006
Communication - Study ''Prices and Price-cost Margins of Mobile Services''
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=421567 ANACOM clarification following reports published in the press.
09.10.2006
Liberalized postal services volume down slightly in 2nd quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=399831 The number of items sent via postal services operating in competition reached 76 million in the second quarter, representing 25.4% of all postal volume.
18.09.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
Fixed-line traffic down by 5.2% in second quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=398331 Voice and internet traffic originating on the fixed-line network between April and June totalled 2,264 billion minutes.
12.09.2006
Latest update: 27.03.2007
Cable TV with 1.4 million subscribers
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=391026 As of the end of the second quarter of this year, there were 1.4 million subscribers to Cable TV, representing around 28% of all Portuguese households.
16.08.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
Mobile telephone use continues to grow
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=391046 In June there were 11.738 million mobile phones in use in Portugal, 1.6% more than at the end of March and 9.5% more than at the same time in 2005.
16.08.2006
Latest update: 25.07.2007
ANACOM's monitor performed 110 thousand simulations in the first year
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=388291 In the first year of the price monitor for mobile telephone calls launched by ANACOM, 60 thousand different users entered the Tariff Monitor and performed 100 thousand simulation operations.
04.08.2006
ANACOM renews SIC's and TVI's licences
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=337323 ANACOM decided to renew the licences of SIC and TVI for a 15 year period, for the activity of television broadcasting using the analogue system.
20.07.2006
Fixed network traffic continues to fall
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=378679 Total traffic originating in the fixed network during the first three months of the year was 2,386 million minutes.
11.07.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
Almost half the users of postal services are satisfied with the quality of service
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=378173 Almost half the users of postal services in Portugal (about 46.6%) are satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of service evolution of posts in the last twelve months.
10.07.2006
New operators in express mail market
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=376566 During the first quarter of 2006, ANACOM authorized 8 companies to start providing postal services in areas not reserved or covered by universal service.
05.07.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
Joint Communication - ANACOM and Autoridade da Concorrência
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=376407 Joint Communication between ANACOM and Autoridade da Concorrência.
04.07.2006
Latest update: 06.07.2006
New ANACOM Board begins work
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=373365 ANACOM's new board of directors, chaired by José Manuel Amado da Silva, took up its duties yesterday.
22.06.2006
ANACOM imposes upon PTC the decrease of prices, time limits and quality indicators within the conduit offer
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=370465 ANACOM approved the alterations to be introduced in the Reference Conduit Access Offer (RCAO) of PT Comunicações.
12.06.2006
Cable television service with six thousand new clients in the 1st quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=370307 At the end of the first quarter of 2005, the subscribers of the cable television distribution service were about 28% of all Portuguese households.
12.06.2006
Latest update: 27.03.2007
ANACOM lowers winback period from six to four months
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=370026 ANACOM has decided to reduce from six to four months the withdrawal period during which the companies of the PT Group are prevented from developing any action designed to win back customers pre-selected by other operators.
09.06.2006
ANACOM cuts down leased lines prices by up to 20%
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=369389 ANACOM has decided to cut down prices of leased lines charged by PT - Comunicações.
08.06.2006
Mobile service customer base continues to grow
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=368356 At the end of the first quarter there were 11.56 million mobile phone users in Portugal, 1% more than in the previous quarter and 8.6% more than in the first quarter of 2005.
06.06.2006
Latest update: 21.11.2006
ANACOM prohibits Novis against charging monthly payment for porting numbers
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=366846 ANACOM has decided to prohibit Novis against charging a two-euro monthly payment, on account of portability, in the Clix/ADSL service provision contracts.
02.06.2006
Lack of interest and lack of computers identified as main obstacles to Internet expansion
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=364969 According to a recent survey by ANACOM into broadband use, 26% of Portuguese household had broadband Internet access.
29.05.2006
Number of broadband users increases by 8.2% in the first quarter to 1.312 million
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=362007 During the first quarter of 2006 the number of broadband customers in Portugal increased by 100 thousand reaching a total of 1.312 million.
18.05.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
ANACOM sets quality levels for the universal telephone service
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=361072 ANACOM has already established the set of quality of service parameters and the performance objectives applying to the universal service.
16.05.2006
Latest update: 30.07.2007
ANACOM cuts down on interconnection prices by 5%
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=358085 ANACOM approved the decision on the alterations to be introduced by PT Comunicações (PTC) in the reference interconnection offer for 2006.
05.05.2006
ANACOM approves postal service price and quality conventions
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=357197 ANACOM and CTT - Correios de Portugal have signed the quality and price conventions which will be in force up to the end of the year.
02.05.2006
Latest update: 08.05.2006
ANACOM defines information to be provided to customers by operators
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=357234 Approved the decision on the object and form of public disclosure of the conditions of provision and use of electronic communication services.
02.05.2006
Latest update: 05.05.2006
Fixed-line telephone use with room to grow
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=356212 The number of fixed-line telephone users in Portugal could grow according to a survey carried out for ANACOM by Marktest.
27.04.2006
Number of unbundled loops increases by 51% in the first quarter
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=355589 The number of loops unbundled by alternative operators has reached 108 thousand accesses in the first quarter of 2006.
24.04.2006
ANACOM launches advertising campaign to promote the tariff simulator
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=353474 The information campaign aims at publicizing the Tariff Monitor.
18.04.2006
Liberalized postal services' traffic increases 15.5% in the 4th quarter of 2005
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=359708 In the 4th quarter of 2005 the traffic of postal services not included in the express mail category increased 15.8%, while express mail services grew 12.2%.
18.04.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
ANACOM provides information about roaming prices
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=349145 Useful information about roaming on ANACOM website.
03.04.2006
Cable TV customers up by 4.3% in 2005
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=343749 At the end of 2005, there were 1.398 million cable TV customers in Portugal, an increase of 4.3% compared to the end of 2004.
15.03.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
Number of broadband customers up 43% in 2005
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=343752 At the end of 2005 the number of broadband internet customers in Portugal reached 1.212 million, an increase of 43% compared to 2004 and 7.1% compared to the third quarter of 2005.
15.03.2006
Latest update: 30.01.2007
ANACOM participates in 1st Information Society Forum
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=343346 ANACOM Chairman will be one of the speakers at the first session of the Information Society Forum - a debate on public policies for promoting the information society.
14.03.2006
Fixed-line traffic continues to fall
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=343266 The volume of traffic on the fixed-line network totaled about 2.513 billion minutes in the last quarter of 2005.
14.03.2006
Number of mobile subscribers up by 10.5% in 2005
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=343274 There were 11.488 million subscribers to mobile telephone services in Portugal as of the end of 2005.
14.03.2006
ANACOM sets VoIP Regulatory Framework and allocates new numbers
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=342385 ANACOM has approved the public consultation report on VoIP, which sets out regulatory guidelines for this new service.
10.03.2006
ANACOM works to facilitate communication between users of different services
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=342425 ENUM is an electronic directory service function that unites a telephone number with any electronic communication applications associated with it.
10.03.2006
ANACOM renews Vodafone's GSM licence for another 15 years
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=340266 Renewal of the rights of use of the GSM 900/1800 frequencies - TMN and Vodafone.
06.03.2006
Latest update: 29.03.2007
ANACOM launches public consultation regarding the licences of SIC and TVI for renewal purposes
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=338533 ANACOM has already started the process of renewal of SIC's and TVI's licences, and has already approved the document which will be subject to public consultation.
01.03.2006
Mobile operators with poor performance on rail axels
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=333845 TMN, Vodafone and Optimus' GSM mobile networks have a poor performance on rail axels.
10.02.2006
Number of unbundled loops increases eight times in 2005
http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=331457 The national telecommunications market was very dynamic in 2005, above all in broadband.
01.02.2006

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