The number of Internet access services subscribers exceeded 4.4 million at the end of the 2nd quarter 2002, more 48% than in the same period of last year, according to figures disclosed by Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM). Out of this value, 269 thousand correspond to broadband accesses, including cable and ADSL, which translates a 122% growth as compared to the 1st quarter.
The Internet broadband accesses represented therefore 6% of the total amount of accesses and 56% of the total amount of paid accesses at the end of the 2nd quarter of this year.
Most broadband accesses are delivered through cable technology: 98% of total. The remaining ones are delivered through ADSL, which had more than five thousand subscribers in June, being equivalent to a 40% growth over March.
The service penetration rate - including all types of access - reached, over the 2nd quarter 2002, 43 accesses by one hundred inhabitants, against 29 accesses over the same period of last year.
In June, there were 53 entities registered for Internet access services provision, 30 of them being already in operation.
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| 1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
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| Total number of customers | 2 110 828 | 3 459 433 | 3 799 355 | 4 413 578 |
| Free access customers | 1 860 694 | 3 184 020 | 3 480 058 | 3 934 470 |
| Paid access business customers | 28 656 | 32 027 | 36 389 | 29 554 |
| Paid access individual customers | 196 324 | 147 062 | 161 564 | 178 157 |
| Broadband access customers (cable and ADSL) |
25 154 | 96 324 | 121 344 | 268 841 |
Consult:
- Postal services https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=277884
Consult press release:
- Internet access - broadband access already represents one third of paid accesses https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=41570
