Portugal's regulator plans to reject EchoStar's request to lease its 2 GHz satellite spectrum to SpaceX for three years, because Starlink's constellation would change the licensed network. Comments are open until 4 November; a final decision is due by 18 November.
Portugal's Competition Authority says renewing all of MEO, NOS and Vodafone's mobile spectrum would limit Digi's expansion, and wants three bands offered competitively. What ANACOM proposed, and how to switch operator.
A transitional rule in the new cybersecurity law gave the 2023 decision 180 days, which run out on 30 September. The authorities have not said whether the required new security assessment exists.
The lock-in period, the early termination penalty, porting your number, and the grounds that let you leave for free.
Telecoms regulator Anacom has published a draft decision renewing the spectrum of Meo, NOS and Vodafone for terms running only to 2033–2042 — six to 14 years, well short of what operators wanted. Industry body Apritel calls it a wrong decision, profoundly damaging for Portugal.
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.
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.
