Portugal - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Portugal has a medium-sized telecom market with a strong mobile sector and a growing broadband customer base well served by both the cable and DSL platforms. The development of digital-TV services has progressed under cautious regulatory guidance, with a licence for digital-service transmission awarded to Portugal Telecom in mid-2008. The difficult economic conditions have seen operator’s domestic revenue fall in recent quarters, with Cogeco selling the flagging Cabovisão in early 2012 for a considerable loss. This report introduces the major elements of the Portuguese telecom market, presenting statistics on the fixed telephony sector as well as an analysis of the major players including Portugal Telecom and ZON Multimédia. Additional information is provided on the key regulatory issues, noting the status of interconnection, local loop unbundling, number portability and carrier preselection.

Key developments:

PT eliminates special rights granted to the government’s golden shares; AR Telecom exits residential market; ZON Multimedia and Optimus to merge; regulator’s market data to Q4 2012; telcos’ operating and financial data to Q4 2012; market developments to April 2013.

Companies covered include:

TMN, Optimus, Vodafone, ZON Multimedia.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Portugal’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 History
  • 4.2 Revised NFR
  • 4.3 Regulatory authority
    • 4.3.1 National Communications Authority
  • 4.4 Telecom sector liberalisation in Portugal
    • 4.4.1 Privatisation of Telecom Portugal
    • 4.4.2 Interconnect
    • 4.4.3 Access
    • 4.4.4 Fibre access
    • 4.4.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
    • 4.4.6 Number Portability (NP)
    • 4.4.7 Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Portugal
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
  • 5.2 Portugal Telecom
  • 5.3 Oni
  • 5.4 Sonaecom
    • 5.4.1 Novis
  • 5.5 AR Telecom
    • 5.5.1 Jazztel (historic)
  • 5.6 ZON Multimédia
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2012 (e)
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2012
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2012
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2012
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2012
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Telecom market as proportion of GDP – 2006 - 2012
• Table 9 – Telecom market investment – 2004 - 2012
• Table 10 – Telecom market value – 2000 - 2012
• Table 11 – Unbundled loops – 2005 - 2012
• Table 12 – Number and type of access lines: analogue and digital – 2005 - 2012
• Table 13 – Portugal Telecom wholesale lines – 2008 - 2011
• Table 14 – Fixed telephone customers, access type and shared access lines – 2004 - 2012
• Table 15 – Portugal Telecom’s share of direct access customers – 2005 - 2012
• Table 16 – Cumulative fixed-line numbers ported – 2003 - 2011
• Table 17 – Fixed-line revenue, by type – 2007 - 2012
• Table 18 – Share of fixed-line access installations by operator – 2009 - 2012
• Table 19 – Portugal Telecom consumer accesses and subscribers by sector – 2009 - 2012
• Table 20 – Portugal Telecom domestic financial data (old style) – 2005 - 2011
• Table 21 – Portugal Telecom domestic revenue by segment – 2010 - 2012
• Table 22 – Portugal Telecom Group financial data – 2010 - 2012
• Table 23 – Sonaecom fixed-line financial data by sector – 2006 - 2012
• Table 24 – Sonaecom financial data – 2006 - 2012
• Table 25 – Sonaecom fixed-line subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2012
• Table 26 – ZON Multimédia subscribers by type – 2007 - 2012
• Table 27 – ZON Multimédia financial data – 2007 - 2012
• Table 28 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1999 - 2013
• Table 29 – Fibre infrastructure – 2007 - 2011

• Chart 1 – Portugal Telecom wholesale lines – 2008 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Fixed-line revenue, by type – 2007 - 2012
• Chart 3 – Portugal Telecom financial data (old style) – 2005 - 2011
• Chart 4 – Sonaecom fixed-line financial data by sector – 2006 – 2012
• Chart 5 – Sonaecom financial data – 2006 – 2012
• Chart 6 – Sonaecom fixed-line subscribers by sector – 2008 - 2012
• Chart 7 – ZON Multimédia subscribers by type – 2007 – 2012
• Chart 8 – ZON Multimédia financial data – 2007 - 2012
• Chart 9 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2003 – 2013

• Exhibit 1 – EU – The New Regulatory Framework (NRF)
• Exhibit 2 – Access and the local loop

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