| NOTAS: | "In 2016, Portugal's mobile subscriber base declined by 1.2% to reach 16.16 million. The three major mobile operators, namely MEO, Vodafone Portugal, and NOS, held subscriber market shares of 45.6%, 27.9%, and 26.5%, respectively. Multiplay bundles in the Portuguese telecom market had higher penetration than those in other Western European markets. By the end of 2016, about 84% of the Portuguese population had subscribed to bundled services. Operators are continuing to invest in fixed and mobile infrastructure. As part of its 2015 plan to roll out fiber to an additional 3 million households by 2020, MEO is rapidly spreading its fiber network in Portugal; on the mobile side, it signed an MOU with Huawei for network modernization. The Portuguese pay-TV market is highly competitive with NOS leading the market with a share of 40.8%. The IPTV platform dominated the pay-TV market as the migration from conventional cable to IPTV continued in 2016. Leading cable operator Nowo is negotiating a deal to get wholesale access to MEO's fiber network. The deal is the first of its kind in Portugal, and if signed will boost competition in the broadband and pay-TV segments. There were about 3.42 million broadband subscribers at the end of 2016. Fiber broadband subscribers increased by 31.1% in 2016 to reach 1.1 million, surpassing cable subscribers. In December 2016, ANACOM reduced fixed wholesale termination rates by 42% to increase competition in fixed telephony services. The new wholesale fixed termination price is €0.0644 per minute." |
