ICP grants license to PT Prime for fixed telephone service


/ Updated on 24.01.2002

ICP has granted a license to PT Prime - Soluções Empresariais de Telecomunicações e Sistemas, S.A. for provision of Fixed Telephone Services. With this license, the operator is empowered to provide Fixed Telephone Services throughout Portuguese territory, under the terms of Decree-Law nr. 381-A/97, of December 30, which establishes the access regime to the business of public-use public telecommunications network operator.

PT Prime thus stands alongside OniTelecom, Sonae - Redes de Dados, Maxitelsat, Teleweb, Jazztel, Optimus, Telecel, Global One, Interoute, TMN, Madem and Eastécnica IV as operators that have already been licensed via the process initiated on June 15, 1999 by the Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal.

PT Prime was simultaneously granted a license as a public telecommunications network operator. With this license, the company is empowered to establish and supply a public telecommunications network, providing telephone connections at the national level, and interconnection with foreign networks and services.