Research and Markets: Portugal has a Sophisticated Mobile Market, Served by Three Providers - TMN, Telecel and Optimus

Business Wire, May 30, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c93360) has announced the addition of "Portugal - Mobile Market - Overview & Statistics" to their offering.

Portugal has a sophisticated mobile market, served by three providers - TMN, Telecel and Optimus. Mobile penetration was comfortably above the European Union (EU) average in 2006, while the annual growth rate picked up considerably during the year despite the evidently saturated market. Three 3G networks were launched in 2004, and during 2006 there was a clear migration from GSM to 3G, and a stronger 3G take-up for net ads. The regulator has examined the effectiveness of competition provided by MVNOs, and though none has yet launched in Portugal Sonaecom may be obliged to open up its networks as a condition of its purchase of Portugal Telecom. This report profiles Portugal's mobile market in 2007, providing statistics on the main operators, and including a review of the key regulatory issues, a snapshot of the consumer market, and the growth of mobile data services such as SMS, Push-to-Talk (PTT) and Mobile TV.

CONTENTS:

1. Synopsis

2. Overview of Portugal's mobile market

2.1 Mobile statistics

2.1.1 Operator market shares

3. Regulatory issues

3.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions

3.1.1 GSM licence renewal

3.1.2 3G

3.1.3 3G at 900MHz

3.2 Roaming

3.3 Number portability

3.4 Fixed-to-mobile call charges

3.5 Mobile interconnection

3.6 Health concerns

3.7 Tariff clarity

4. Mobile technologies

4.1 Digital

4.2 Third Generation (3G) mobile

5. Major mobile operators

5.1 TMN

5.2 Vodafone

5.3 Optimus

5.4 OniWay exits the market

5.5 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

6. Mobile voice services

6.1 Prepaid

6.2 Fixed-Mobile convergence

7. Mobile data services

7.1 Short Message Service (SMS)

7.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

7.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

7.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

7.5 High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

7.6 Push-to-Talk

7.7 Mobile TV

7.8 Location based services

8. Related reports

**TABLES ALSO INCLUDED**

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