Vodafone Portugal builds and owns its own fixed infrastructure including FTTH (self-built since 2010), legacy DSL, and accesses cable via partnerships (Source), (Source).
Portugal
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About
Founded 1991 as Telecel (second GSM license, network live 1992), acquired by Vodafone Group in 1999 with full ownership by 2003, rebranded Vodafone Portugal, with major milestones including ADSL launch in 2007, FTTH rollout starting June 2010 (up to 300 Mbps initially), €125 million FTTH expansion to 2.75 million homes by end-2016, fibre-sharing agreement with NOS in 2017 adding 1.3 million homes (marketing from 2018), and reciprocal access deal with MEO (formerly Portugal Telecom) in 2014 reaching 900,000 additional homes (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Vodafone Portugal is not retail-only; it builds and operates its own FTTH and DSL networks in addition to retail sales (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Vodafone Portugal is not wholesale-only; it sells retail directly to over 500,000 fixed broadband customers via bundled fixed/mobile offerings (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Vodafone Portugal is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers and businesses (Source).
Vodafone Portugal owns and operates its Vodafone Portugal FTTH network infrastructure (self-built since 2010, with €125 million FTTH expansion to 2.75 million homes by end-2016) (Source), (Source).