Distribution of parishes potentially lacking mobile broadband

On April 20, 2017, ANACOM approved a final decision giving MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia (MEO), NOS Comunicações (NOS) and Vodafone Portugal - Comunicações Pessoais until 21 March 2018 to report any bilateral and consensual amendment to the agreement on the distribution of parishes lacking broadband (agreement approved by ANACOM decision of 2 March 2017https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1406721.

It is recalled that the coverage obligations for these parishes were imposed as part of the process to renew the rights of use of frequencies in the 2100 MHz band.

The respective draft decision was submitted to a prior hearing of interested parties, in response to which statements were received from MEO and NOS.