Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
18 companies have been finalised to bid for the national operator Sotelma. The government increased the price to XOF 200 billion for the incumbent operator, from XOF 80 billion. Possible bidders include: MTN Vodafone Zain Deutsche Telekom Tunisie Telecom Maroc Telecom Portugal Telecom Saudi Telecom Sudatel Wireless Mobile Telecom Wireless News
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Management at a failed Swedish bidder for Portugal's pay-DTT licence have slammed the government's decision to award the licence to incumbent telco Portugal Telecom as "subjective, superficial and...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Days after Anacom (Portugal's telecommunications commission) gave a licence for pay-DTT services to Portugal Telecom (PT), now the telco has been given another green light, this time for free-to-air...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The bidding for Portugal's pay-DTT licences has been won by the country's incumbent telco Portugal Telecom (PT), with Sweden's Airplus TV losing out. The pay-DTT licenses will be valid for 15 years...
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
(Telecompaper) Portugal Telecom has passed the milestone of 100,000 clients for its pay-TV service, 15 percent of which are already ADSL clients of the operator. So far during the second quarter of 2008, the number of new Meo clients passed 53,000. According to PT's data, 40 percent of the new clients for the Meo IPTV service are new clients for the company. Meo currently offers more than 100 pay-TV...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Filed under: DVRs , Set-top boxes , Fiber , Internet , Satellite , Sports , New content Good news, Portugal. Two of the nation's most prominent DTH providers have just upped their respective antes, so we'll dig right into the former. PT's Meo service already features National Geographic HD, and as of just a few days ago, Eurosport HD . Now, however, the carrier will be offering up TVI to its IPTV...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
LISBON, May 8 (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom reported on Thursday a 20.8 percent decline in first quarter net profit to 140 million euros due to restructuring costs, beating expectations.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
(Telecompaper) Portugal Telecom and Nordic group AirPlusTV were the only companies to submit bids to Anacom for the DTT multiplex tender by the 23 April deadline. PT submitted two bids to distribute the signals of the free-to-air (A) and pay-TV (B to F) multiplexes. Portuguese operator Sonaecom, considered as one of the potential bidders, ended up not taking part as it contested the tender rules, claiming...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
LISBON, April 23 (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom and Sweden's AirPlus TV have entered a tender to operate Portugal's new digital television network, a spokesman for the country's telecoms regulator Anacom said on Wednesday.
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
(Telecompaper) Portugal Telecom has signed an agreement with Portugal's three national TV broadcasters, RTP, SIC and TVI, as part of its participation in the digital terrestrial TV tender. The MoU sets terms and conditions for the transmission of the free-to-air signals of four channels during the simulcast period as well as digital transmissions. As part of the MoU signed between PT and Media Capital,...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
TV News: Media Capital unloads analog broadcaster -- Portugal's Media Capital, owned by Spanish media giant Prisa, has sold its analog terrestrial broadcasting network to Portugal Telecom, which already transmits the country's other three analog channels -- RTP1 and 2 and SIC.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
LISBON, April 16 (Reuters) - Shares in Portugal Telecom rose 4.5 percent on Tuesday on as it prepares to pay a 0.575 euro dividend per share and on a consolidation buzz in the industry.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
MADRID, April 4 (Reuters) - Vivo, the Brazilian joint venture of Spain's Telefonica and Portugal Telecom , is to launch a full takeover offer for Telemig Celular after completing the purchase of 53.9 percent of the Brazilian firm.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
LISBON, April 2 (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom launched its Meo television channel on satellite, competing with leading rival Zon Multimedia , the company said on Wednesday.
Telecom News (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
(Telecompaper) The former president of PT Multimedia, Zeinal Bava, has been named chief executive of Portugal Telecom, according to a statement issued to market regulator CMVM. Bava was an executive vice president of PT and headed the company’s domestic activities. Portugal Telecom CEO Henrique Granadeiro has relinquished his role to become chairman of the board. [...]
