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Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised an Electronic Communications Law rewrite: operators must block spoofed SMS and fraudulent hyperlinks, pré-pagos SIM purchases require ID, and prisons can install signal jammers. The package now heads to the Assembleia.
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ANACOM's Q1 2026 SCEE Tape Maps Portugal's FTTH Coverage at 97.4% of Homes and 5G Population Reach at 96.1% — DIGI Reaches 4.1% of the Mobile Market in Twelve Months as MEO Anchors 36.8% and NOS Holds 30.7% on a 17.4 Million SIM Base

ANACOM's Q1 2026 SCEE Tape Maps Portugal's FTTH Coverage at 97.4% of Homes and 5G Population Reach at 96.1% — DIGI Reaches 4.1% of the Mobile Market in Twelve Months as MEO Anchors 36.8% and NOS Holds 30.7% on a 17.4 Million SIM Base

ANACOM's Q1 2026 SCEE statistical bulletin maps Portuguese FTTH coverage at 97.4% of homes and 5G population reach at 96.1% — DIGI Portugal reaches 4.1% of the mobile market in twelve months as MEO anchors 36.8% and NOS holds 30.7% on a 17.4M SIM base.
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Mobile Network Operators in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to MEO, NOS, Vodafone, NOWO/Digi, the ANACOM Tariff Floor, the 5G Coverage Map, the Number-Portability Process and the Tarifa Social das Comunicações

Mobile Network Operators in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to MEO, NOS, Vodafone, NOWO/Digi, the ANACOM Tariff Floor, the 5G Coverage Map, the Number-Portability Process and the Tarifa Social das Comunicações

Portugal runs a three-MNO mobile market — MEO, NOS and Vodafone — alongside NOWO and a long MVNO tail. The 2026 guide walks the operator map, ANACOM, 5G coverage, prepaid-to-postpaid, number portability, EU roaming, and the €5.36 Tarifa Social das Comunicações.
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Anacom Returns to Profitability with €38 Million Net Result for 2025 — Telecom Regulator Bounces Back Despite an 18% Revenue Drop and a €112 Million Refund Programme to Operators

Anacom Returns to Profitability with €38 Million Net Result for 2025 — Telecom Regulator Bounces Back Despite an 18% Revenue Drop and a €112 Million Refund Programme to Operators

Sandra Maximiano's Anacom posts €38 million net profit for 2025 in the regulator's annual Relatório de Atividades, returning to the black after the €10.75 million 2023 trough and the provision-driven volatility — even as revenues drop 18% and the refund cycle to operators continues.
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