Archive - 2007

• • Slight change in number of telephone accesses
    The total number of main telephone accesses installed at customer request stood at 4.07 million at the end of the September 2007.
    18.12.2007
    
  • Liberalised postal traffic totals 67 million objects
    During the third quarter of this year, traffic from postal services operated in competition totalled about 67 million items.
    14.12.2007
    Latest update: 19.12.2007
  • Fixed and mobile broadband grows in 3rd quarter
    At the end of September 2007 there were around 1.68 million customers of the fixed Internet access service in Portugal.
    05.12.2007
    Latest update: 10.12.2007
  • Cable television records 17 thousand new customers in third quarter
    During the third quarter of 2007 there were around 17 thousand new subscribers to the cable television distribution service.
    22.11.2007
    Latest update: 26.11.2007
  • Continued growth in mobile market
    At the end of the 3rd quarter of 2007 there were 12.9 million Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) subscribers in Portugal.
    19.11.2007
    Latest update: 20.11.2007
  • 1st seminar of Portuguese Committee of URSI debates impact of radiocommunications on health
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    15.11.2007
    Latest update: 30.11.2007
  • 28% increase in complaints addressed to ANACOM
    During the first half of 2007, ANACOM received 10,259 written complaints and 363 requests for information.
    01.10.2007
    
  • ANACOM to hold first conference on 28 September
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    12.09.2007
    
  • ANACOM does not oppose to measures proposed by CTT to compensate consumers for the deterioration of the quality of service
    Values of quality of service indicators realised by CTT in 2006 approved by ANACOM decision.
    12.09.2007
    
  • Electronic communications infrastructure records - public consultation
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    03.09.2007
    
  • Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in public consultation
    The public consultations which cover the process of introducing digital terrestrial television in Portugal are open until 15 October 2007.
    03.09.2007
    Latest update: 20.11.2007
  • Fixed broadband Internet access grows in second quarter
    As at the end of June, the fixed Internet access service in Portugal had around 1.68 million customers.
    13.08.2007
    Latest update: 21.08.2007
  • Subscription television signals distribution services by cable and satellite grow in second quarter
    At the end of June, in Portugal there were 1,897 million subscribers to the distribution of subscription television signals service.
    13.08.2007
    Latest update: 28.02.2008
  • ANACOM approves 2007 version of NFAP
    ICP-ANACOM has approved the 2007 version of the National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP), as well as the report on the public consultation that was launched to sound out the market on this subject.
    03.08.2007
    
  • ANACOM approves decision on values of CTT quality of service indicators in 2006
    ANACOM has decided to apply a deduction of 1% to the weighted average of variation in prices of services reserved to CTT authorised for 2007.
    01.08.2007
    
  • ANACOM wants naked DSL offer by end of October
    ANACOM has decided to recommend to PT Comunicações that it presents, by 31 October, an alteration to the ''PT ADSL Network'' offer.
    01.08.2007
    
  • ANACOM approves the ''92'' numbering range for the mobile telephone service
    ANACOM has approved the designation of the National Numbering Plan (NNP) ''92'' numbering range for the mobile telephone service.
    26.07.2007
    
  • ANACOM concludes analysis of market 18
    A ANACOM has concluded its analysis of the wholesale market of broadcasting services for the delivery of content transmitted to final users (market 18).
    04.07.2007
    Latest update: 06.07.2007
  • ANACOM discusses Mobile TV - 9 July, Aveiro
    Workshop on ''Mobile television: technology and information of the future''.
    02.07.2007
    
  • ANACOM announces timings and model for BWA launch
    ANACOM has set out the timings and indicative model for making frequencies available for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) applications.
    27.06.2007
    
  • Number of direct access customers increases in first quarter of 2007
    As at the end of March there were 3.3 million direct access fixed telephone service customers in Portugal, a rise of 0.5% over the previous quarter and a rise of 5.4 over the first quarter of 2006.
    12.06.2007
    
  • ANACOM obliges PTC to maintain 50% telephone subscription discount for retired and pensioner customers
    ANACOM has rejected a proposal made by PTC to replace the current ''Retired and Pensioner Subscriber Plan''.
    23.05.2007
    
  • UMTS used by 1.281 million customers between January and March
    As at the end of the first quarter of 2007 there were 1.281 million users of UMTS services in Portugal who used these services at least once during the period.
    23.05.2007
    
  • Mobile telephone service has 12,4 million subscribers
    As at the end of the first quarter of 2007, there were 12,4 million subscribers to the Mobile Telephone Service.
    18.05.2007
    Latest update: 20.11.2007
  • Growth in cable broadband outpaces ADSL
    As at the end of the first quarter of 2007, there were 2,083 million customers of the broadband Internet access service in Portugal.
    18.05.2007
    Latest update: 06.06.2007
  • Subscription television has 1,8 million customers in March
    The total of number of subscribers to the subscription television service (cable and DTH) reached 1,881 million at the end of March.
    18.05.2007
    Latest update: 06.06.2007
  • World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
    'Connecting the Young: the opportunities of ICT' this has been chosen as the theme for this year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, to be commemorated on 17th May.
    16.05.2007
    
  • Ten years of ANACOM's website
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    15.05.2007
    
  • ANACOM Chairman interviewed in ''Comunicações'' Magazine
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    19.04.2007
    
  • Over 17 thousand complaints made to ANACOM in 2006
    In 2006, a total of 17,296 complaints were received by ANACOM from the general public and from the end users of electronic communications and postal services.
    18.04.2007
    
  • ANACOM adds new codes to National Numbering Plan
    ANACOM has decided to establish two new codes in the National Numbering Plan.
    18.04.2007
    
  • ANACOM assesses the market on ''Naked DSL''
    ANACOM has decided to assess the market to determine whether there is any interest in a wholesale Naked DSL offer.
    11.04.2007
    
  • Dissatisfaction with prices is the main reason for switching fixed operator
    Around 59.2% of households had a fixed-line telephone in December 2006, according to an electronic communications survey carried out for ANACOM by Marktest.
    04.04.2007
    Latest update: 12.04.2007
  • ANACOM authorizes offers that bundle traffic and access
    The SLRO Reference Proposal must be amended according to the determination of ANACOM dated 15 March, on the conditions for the inclusion of ISDN accesses in the proposal.
    30.03.2007
    
  • Cable TV ends 2006 with 1.4 million subscribers
    There were 1.4 million cable television subscribers in Portugal as at the end of 2006.
    28.03.2007
    Latest update: 29.03.2007
  • Fixed network traffic grows in the final quarter of 2006
    At the end of 2006, the total number of main telephone accesses installed at customer request stood at 4.1 million.
    28.03.2007
    
  • Mobile subscriber numbers continue to rise
    At the end of the final quarter of 2006 there were 12.2 million subscribers to the Portuguese Mobile Telephone Service.
    28.03.2007
    Latest update: 20.11.2007
  • Liberalised postal services grow in 4th quarter
    During the final quarter of 2006, around 77 million objects were handled by postal services operated in competition, 24% of total postal traffic.
    28.03.2007
    Latest update: 19.12.2007
  • ANACOM approves 2007 NFAP and launches public consultation
    The Board of Directors of ICP-ANACOM has approved the 2007 version of the National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP).
    16.03.2007
    
  • Broadband users increased 23% in 2006
    In December 2006 there were about 1.617 million (fixed) Internet access service customers in Portugal.
    14.03.2007
    Latest update: 26.03.2007
  • ANACOM establishes a framework for MVNO activity
    ANACOM has decided to detail the regulatory framework for the activity of mobile virtual network operators (MVNO).
    22.02.2007
    
  • ANACOM survey finds Portugal broadband prices to be better than European average
    The price of broadband in Portugal is better than average when compared to its European partners.
    13.02.2007
    Latest update: 19.02.2007
  • Household Internet penetration may come close to 50% in 2007
    The number of Internet users is expected to rise in 2007, according to the conclusions of a survey on the use of broadband conducted by Metris GFK for ANACOM.
    06.02.2007
    
  • ANACOM makes headway with the establishment of new codes within the National Numbering Plan
    ANACOM intends to make headway with the establishment of two new codes within the National Numbering Plan, ''761'' and ''762''.
    17.01.2007
    
  • Traffic of liberalized postal services falls in 3rd quarter
    The number of objects sent via postal services operating in competition totalled 72 million in the third quarter of 2006, standing for 25.5% of all postal traffic.
    12.01.2007
    Latest update: 25.07.2007
  • Consumers make 57 thousand simulations on ANACOM's price comparison tool
    In 2006 the Tariff Monitor was accessed around 43.2 thousand times by consumers and was used to make over 57.1 thousand simulation operations.
    11.01.2007
    Latest update: 19.03.2007

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Access and Interconnection

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Broadband area

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Ducts Access

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Digital Television

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Electronic Commerce

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Emergency Communications

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Electronic communications - market analysis

This area comprises all the available information on each of the relevant markets identified by ANACOM, in compliance with Regicom and Commission Recommendation 2003/311/EC, of 11 February 2003.

Electronic communications - regulatory framework

This area contains a wide range of information on the regulatory framework for electronic communications, both as adopted in the European Union in 2002 and as approved in 2009.

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International Roaming

Here you can get a range of useful information about roaming, in particular about what you will have to pay for calls or your voicemail when using your mobile abroad.

Laboratories

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Leased Lines

Information available in this area: legislation, complementary determinations on the PTC's cost accounting system; entities with significant market power, quality of leased lines service, reformulation and suspension of leased lines offer; information about prices; national and international studies and reports.

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Mobile Networks and Services

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Numbering, Names and Addressing

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Online Services

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Postal area

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Telephone Service at a Fixed Location and Universal Service

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