LONDON, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Portugal's medium-sized telecom market has a
strong mobile sector and a growing broadband customer base focussed
on the delivery of fibre-based services.
The country shows signs of emerging from several years in which it
suffered from poor economic conditions which dented telecom
revenue. Although operators' domestic revenue is still under
strain, there are encouraging signs of developing growth. Under the
management of the Altice Group, revenue for Portugal Telecom
increased 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the first such
increase in several years.
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Pressure on operators has prompted considerable ownership changes
in recent years. The market is now dominated by only a few players,
including Portugal Telecom (with services marketed under the Meo
brand), NOS (formerly Zon Multimédia) and Vodafone Portugal.
Despite some consolidation among players the Portuguese mobile
market remains dominated by Portugal Telecom, followed by Vodafone
and NOS. The market share held by Meo has fallen steadily in recent
years, to below 44% by early 2017. The MVNO market remains
undeveloped, partly because network operators have their own
low-cost brands. Collectively, MVNOs have about 1.7% share of the
market by subscribers.
Population coverage by 3G infrastructure is universal and so most
investment has been directed to LTE and to incremental upgrades to
network infrastructure. Altice Labs
in February 2017 began working with
Ericsson to develop 5G services and applications.
In recent years broadband penetration has grown rapidly, largely
the result of joint efforts between the regulator and the key
market operators which have invested in significant infrastructure
upgrades focussed on fibre-based services. Portugal Telecom is
aiming to cover 5.3 million premises with fibre by 2020. NOS and
Vodafone Portugal are also pursuing fibre.
This report reviews the major elements of the Portuguese telecom
market, presenting statistics on the fixed telephony sector as well
as an analysis of the major market players. Additional information
is provided on the key regulatory issues, noting the status of
interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and
carrier preselection. The report also covers converged media,
including statistics on videostreaming and bundled services as well
as an analysis of the major players and service offerings. In
addition the report profiles the fixed and fixed-wireless broadband
markets as well as the mobile voice and data markets, assessing
network operators and the key regulatory issues. Subscriber
forecasts are provided to 2022.
Key developments:
New cable to link Portugal with
Brazil;
PT to replace copper network with FttP by 2020;
NOS avoids route to DOCSIS3.1 in preference for fibre;
Regulator decides not to impose regulations of PT's fibre
infrastructure in uncompetitive areas of the country;
PT revenue recovers in Q4 2016 under Altice Group ownership;
Vodafone achieves 1Gb/s downlink speeds in LTE-A trials;
Decline in SMS traffic in wake of messaging alternatives;
NOS network used for NB-IoT trials;
Vodafone retails 1Gb/s devises for customers;
Fibre showing strongest growth in broadband sector, accounting for
75% of all new subscribers;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to Q4 2016,
telcos' operating and financial data to Q4 2016, recent market
developments.
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