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Digi Portugal’s Nowo acquisition approved

The Portuguese Regulatory Authority for Social Communication (ERC) has greenlit Digi Portugal’s purchase of Cabonitel, the parent company of Nowo. This acquisition will indirectly grant Digi Portugal full ownership of Nowo, the country’s fourth largest telecommunications provider with a 5 per cent share and around 270,000 mobile network and around 130,000 fixed network customers. Nowo […]

September 20, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Portugal wants more public DTT channels

The Portuguese Parliament has approved a proposal by left-wing political party Bloco da Esquerda (BE) to increase the number of public service TV channels on the national DTT network. According to the draft resolution, which was also voted by members of other political parties, the Parliament will now recommend to the Government to ‘take the […]

July 24, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome