Archive - 2006

• • ANACOM imposes improvements at local loop unbundling level on PTC
    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
    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
    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%
    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
    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
    ANACOM approves opinion on Competition Authority draft decision.
    24.11.2006
    
  • 88.4% of Internet customers use broadband
    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
    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
    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
    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''
    ANACOM clarification following reports published in the press.
    09.10.2006
    
  • Liberalized postal services volume down slightly in 2nd quarter
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Joint Communication between ANACOM and Autoridade da Concorrência.
    04.07.2006
    Latest update: 06.07.2006
  • New ANACOM Board begins work
    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
    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
    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
    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%
    ANACOM has decided to cut down prices of leased lines charged by PT - Comunicações.
    08.06.2006
    
  • Mobile service customer base continues to grow
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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%
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Useful information about roaming on ANACOM website.
    03.04.2006
    
  • Cable TV customers up by 4.3% in 2005
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    The national telecommunications market was very dynamic in 2005, above all in broadband.
    01.02.2006
    

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Access and Interconnection

Information available in this area: Legislation; Determinations on ADSL offers from PT Comunicações; Statistical information to be provided by public telec.network operators; Interconnection; Traffic ownership; Significant market power; Reference interconnection offer; General and prior conditions to the negotiation of interconnection agreements; Interconnection agreements; Prices; Internet access; Selection and pre-selection of operator; Cost model for the fixed telecommunications network

Broadband area

This area contains a range of information on broadband Internet access, including ANACOM’s powers and initiatives, the national and community legislation in force, the complementary measures adopted by ANACOM, statistics, studies and several reports.

Ducts Access

Obtain information on the applicable regime, consult adopted determinations and the offers of the concessionaire in this area and follow the respective developments through related information.

Digital Television

Information available in this area: legislation; news and press releases on DT; licence granted; archive on Conference on Digital Terrestrial Television - DVB-T (2000).

Electronic Commerce

Information available in this area: ANACOM's duties; Legislation (Portuguese and European Union Law); Relevant studies and work.

Emergency Communications

A new area has been made developed on emergency communications with information about the varied remit of ANACOM and current Europena Union and national legislation, studies and reports and links of interest.

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 Activity

Find out about ANACOM's participation in international sectorial bodies, such as IRG, ERG, CEPT, ITU and UPU.

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

Fully aware of the modernisation challenges faced by the industry and the need to ensure high quality products and services, ANACOM is endowed with three specialised laboratories, with which it helps further national technological development.

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.

Local Loop Unbundling

Information available in this area: Determinations of ICP-ANACOM; Reference Unbundling Offer (RUO) (PTC); EU and IRG Initiatives; Working Group; Public Survey on LLU; FAQ's.

Mobile Networks and Services

Information available in this area: Legislation; determinations on IMT-2000/UMTS , voice mail , informative services , significant market power, adhesion contracts, portability - Information to consumers, survey on quality of service of mobile (QoS-GSM), other relevant information about IMT-2000/UMTS; ERMES, Mobile Communications in Portugal.

Numbering, Names and Addressing

Information available in this area: legislation; complementary determinations on portability, selection and pre-selection, virtual phone cards, Portuguese numbering plan, public consultations; ETO; FAQ's.

Online Services

Online Services - Access to interactive electronic Forms.

Postal area

Information available in this area: national and EU legislation, CTT's development plan, quality of service and overall complaints; prices and postal tariffs for 2003; statement of compliance of CTT's cost accounting system; audit to the service quality indicators of CTT; conventions; quality reports; european studies; licences/authorizations.

R&TTE Regulatory Framework

Information available in this area: R&TTE Regulatory Framework; reasons of the R&TTE framework adoption; applicable equipment; information about Essential requirements; conformity assessment procedures; notification to Anacom; publication of interfaces by operators; publication of technical specifications; inspection (market surveillance); spectrum authorities.

Spectrum management

Information available in this area: Legislation; Electronic Communications Committee Decisions; Exposure to electromagnetic radiation and related issues; useful links; data base and useful information about audio broadcast operators; television broadcast operators; personal radio service - citizen band.

Sector

Information available in this area: sector's organization; operators' list; licences/authorizations granted by ANACOM; codes of providers and telecommunications services.

Telephone Service at a Fixed Location and Universal Service

Information available in this area: legislation; determinations on Fixed Telephone Service and Universal Service, public pay phones, adhesion contracts, public consultation; information on liberalization communications; consumer rights; FAQ's and Publications.

URSI - Portuguese Committee

This area contains information on the Portuguese Committee of URSI - International Union of Radio Science. The work of this Committee is organised by ANACOM.

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