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Autoridade da Concorrência Fines MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture €13.35 Million for Coordinated TV-Recording Advertising Scheme — 30-Second Pre-Roll on Catch-Up Was the Common Inventory

Autoridade da Concorrência Fines MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture €13.35 Million for Coordinated TV-Recording Advertising Scheme — 30-Second Pre-Roll on Catch-Up Was the Common Inventory

AdC closes the subscription-TV advertising case with €13.35M in fines — MEO settles at €4.2M, NOS €4.9M, Vodafone €3.8M and Accenture €0.45M for a coordinated 30-second pre-roll scheme on catch-up recordings. NOS and Vodafone are appealing; dismantling has 90 days.
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Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

The AdC closed a six-year cartel file on 5 June with €13.35 million in coimas split across the three pay-TV operators and Accenture for coordinating a 30-second non-skippable advert before recorded programmes — Altice paid, NOS and Vodafone are heading to the Tribunal da Concorrência.
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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.
The Portugal Brief