<!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE -->

Portugal has a modern and flexible telecommunications market and a wide range of varied media organisations. The regulatory body overseeing communications is called ANACOM.

The country has one of the highest mobile phone penetration rates in the world (the number of operative mobile phones already exceeds the population). This network also provides wireless mobile Internet connections as well, and covers the entire territory. As of 2023, 94% of households had high-speed Internet services and 97% of companies had Internet access. Most Portuguese watch television through fibre-optic (2023: 66.2% of households).

Telephones - mobile cellular:

13.6million (2023)

Cell Networks(2G/3G/3.5G/4G):

MEO - (2G to 4G licence); UZO (Virtual Carrier, owned by MEO); Moche (Virtual Carrier, runs under MEO prefix);

Vodafone (2G to 4G licence); Yorn (Virtual Carrier, runs under Vodafone prefix);

NOS (2G to 4G licence); WTF (Virtual Carrier, runs under NOS prefix); Phone-ix (Virtual carrier owned by CTT and operated by the MEO network) and Continente Mobile (operated by Optimus and hypermarket chain, Continente).

Telephone system:

<br />general assessment:

Portugal's telephone system has achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities and a main line telephone density of 53%

<br />domestic:

integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations

<br />international:

6 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores; note - an earth station for Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region) is planned

Radio

Radio broadcast stations:

346 AM and FM (many are repeaters) (2024)

Radios:

3.02 million (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations:

170 (plus repeaters) (2024)

Television paid subscriptions:

4.6 million (2023)

Free-to-air television networks:

Rádio e Televisão de Portugal:

  • RTP1
  • RTP2
  • RTP3
  • RTP Memória

Free-to-air national coverage stations:

  • SIC
  • TVI

Regional Stations:

  • Porto Canal
  • RTP Açores
  • RTP Madeira

International:

  • RTPi (sat/cable)
  • RTP África (sat/cable/on-air)
  • SIC Internacional (sat/cable)

Analog TV system:

  • PAL (625 line, 50&nbsp;Hz.)

Digital TV system:

  • DVB-T (MPEG4 for SD and HD broadcasts.)

NOTE: Most TV Networks/stations have specific interactive TV(cable) oriented services.

Internet

Internet Users: 8.84million (2024)

Internet Hosts:

1.858million (2007)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

4 (2024)

Country code (Top level domain): .pt

See also

  • Media of Portugal:
  • List of radio stations in Portugal
  • Television in Portugal
  • List of newspapers in Portugal

References