Latest Telecoms News about Portugal

Fitch Affirms Portugal Telecom at 'BBB'; Outlook Negative

  The ratings reflect Fitch's view that at some stage the Portuguese economy will recover - albeit not soon - at which point Portugal Telecom's domestic business may be expected to return to growth. For now, this business is performing reasonably well in the face of harsh consumer conditions. ...

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2.24 Million Portuguese Phone Numbers on Ported Networks

  Portugal's telecoms regulator, Anacom has announced that 2.24 million phone numbers are now ported to operate on a different network from its original under the country's number portability scheme....

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France Telecom Exercises Option to Sell Stake in Portuguese Mobile Network

  France Telecom-Orange has agreed to sell its 20% stake in the Portuguese mobile network operator, Sonaecom (which trades as Optimus) for up to EUR113.5 million....

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Portugal Telecom Downgraded on Continuous EBITDA Pressures; Outlook Negative

  S&P said that the downgrade reflects its concerns regarding the relentless decline in domestic EBITDA which the rating agency expects to continue this year. ...

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Portugal Proposes Sales Tax on Tablets and Smartphones

  The Portuguese government is considering a tax on consumer electronics that would impose a sales tax based on the internal storage memory of the device being sold....

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European Commission Seeks Fines Over Portuguese Universal Service Provision

  The European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to impose a fine on Portugal because it has not respected a 2010 Court judgement requiring it to follow EU telecoms rules when deciding who should provide universal service in Portugal....

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Telefonica and Portugal Telecom Fined for Non-Competition Agreement

  The European Commission has imposed fines of EUR66.9 million on Telefonica and EUR12.3 million on Portugal Telecom for agreeing not to compete with each other on the Iberian telecommunications markets....

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Vodafone Portugal to Take Over Monitoring of UK and Irish Networks

  Vodafone Portugal has announced that in addition to the network of Spain, it will also monitor the communications networks of the company's operations UK and Ireland....

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Huawei Wins Portuguese LTE Antenna Contract

  Huawei has been selected by Portuguese mobile operator Optimus to provide UMTS/LTE multi-frequency antennas for its LTE network....

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Portugal's Sonaecom Applies for European Bank Funding

  The Portuguese mobile network operator, Sonaecom has applied for a EUR110 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB)....

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