Portugal joins world FTTx elite…sort of
Portugal crept into the world’s elite group of broadband connected nations at the end of 2009. With 41,500 FTTH subscribers, just under 2% of Portugal’s broadband homes used FTTH at the end of last year and the measure of eliteness used by the FTTH Council Europe, is that more than 1% of connected homes must use FTTH/B.
Vodafone offers mobile broadband with billing by time
Vodafone’s Portuguese subsidiary is looking to shake up the mobile broadband market for prepay users, offering a plan which sees usage billed by time rather than data consumed.



