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Portugal Telecom
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Altice to acquire Cablevision in US$17.7 billion deal
Cable and telecom investor Altice has agreed a US$17.7 billion (€15.7 billion) deal to acquire…
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Altice sells Cabovisão to Apax France
Altice has agreed to sell its Portuguese cable subsidiary Cabovisão to private equity group Apax…
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‘Quintuple-play’ growth drive Portuguese multi-play market
The number of multi-play packages taken by Portuguese consumers reached 3.1 million at the end of…
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Portuguese broadband growth driven by fibre
Growth in Portuguese broadband was driven by fibre connections in the first quarter of this…
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Altice closes Portugal Telecom buyout
Altice, the owner of French cable and telecoms giant Numericable-SFR, has closed its €7.4 billion…
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Portuguese multi-play number rise
The number of subscribers of bundled services in Portugal reached three million at the en…
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Altice gets conditional green light for PT acquisition
The European Commission has given a green light to Altice’s €7.4 billion acquisition of Portugal…
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Altice planning to sell Cabovisão
Cable and telecom network investor Altice is planning to sell its existing Portuguese cable asset,…
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Portugal Telecom shareholders approve sale to Altice
Portugal Telecom’s shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s domestic assets to Altice, the…
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Oi approves sale of Portugal Telecom to Altice
Brazilian telco Oi has approved the sale of its shares in Portugal Telecom to France’s…
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Drahi reportedly in exclusive talks to buy Portugal Telecom
French cable and telecom investor Patrick Drahi has reportedly entered into exclusive talks to buy…
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Altice open to acquiring Bouygues Telecom
Altice could be open to acquiring French service provider Bouygues Telecom, according to the Patrick…
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Altice tables €7 billion bid for Portugal Telecom
Fresh from securing regulatory acceptance of Numericable’s takeover of SFR, telecoms investor Patrick Drahi’s Altice…
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Current Oi and former PT chief Bava resigns
Zeinal Bava, the CEO of Brazilian telco Oi, and the former Portugal Telecom chief executive,…
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Altice-Numericable in talks to buy Portugal Telecom
Just ahead of his imminent acquisition of French telco SFR, cable operator Numericable’s owner Patrick…
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Portugal Telecom passes one million Meo Go downloads
Portugal Telecom has passed to one million download milestone for its Meo Go TV everywhere…
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Portugal Telecom teams up with RTP and Hispasat for Ultra HD broadcast
Portugal Telecom/Meo has teamed up with public broadcaster RTP to deliver ultra HD coverage of…
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Portugal Telecom sees TV growth in tough market
Portugal Telecom’s Meo service saw residential and commercial pay TV subscribers rise 6.9% year-on-year and…
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Pay TV boost for Portugal Telecom, Brazil’s Oi refocuses offering
Portugal Telecom’s pay TV base grew by 7.5% in the course of 2013 to 1.315…
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Portugal Telecom extends Meo brand in quad-play drive
Portugal Telecom has decided to rebrand all its consumer services, including mobile, under the Meo…
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Oi and Portugal Telecom to merge to create Brazil-based mega-telco
Portugal Telecom and Brazilian telecom operator Oi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge…
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Portugal Telecom field-tests Sigma Design chips
Teleco Portugal Telecom has completed a successful filed trial using Sigma Designs’ G.hn for HD…
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TV boost for Portugal Telecom
Portugal Telecom’s fixed-line operations received a boost from TV in the second quarter, with pay…
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PT ships half a million Motorola boxes
Portugal Telecom has shipped its 500,000th Motorola IPTV set-top box. The telco operates IPTV services…
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Meo launches A Bola channel
Portugal Telecom has added sports channel A Bola to its Meo TV platform. Operated by…
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PT increases TV and triple-play customer base
Portugal Telecom has defied the country’s tough economic situation to increase pay TV and triple-play…
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Portugal Telecom launches TV Everywhere with 60 channels
Portugal Telecom has launched a new mobile TV service that delivers 60 live TV channels…
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Portugal Telecom and Impresa develop interactive channel
Portugal Telecom and media company Impresa are jointly launching a new interactive news channel that…
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Analysts welcome Portugal Telecom dividend cut and refinancing
Moody’s has welcomed Portugal Telecom’s decision to cut its dividend to shareholders by half and…
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Portugal Telecom reports strongest pay TV growth for two years
Portugal Telecom ended March with 1.111 million pay TV customers following its strongest quarter for…