Internet access in optical fiber increased 34.9% – TVI24

Internet access in optical fiber increased 34.9% – TVI24

Internet access in optical fiber in Portugal was the fastest growing until September, an increase of 34.9% over the same period 2013, contributing to the increase in fixed broadband, announced on Wednesday the regulator Anacom.

In a statement, Anacom – National Communications Authority said that in late September ‘existed in Portugal about 2.75 million fixed internet accesses, 2.7% more than in the previous quarter. ”

The hits on fiber optics, “which increased 8% in the quarter and 34.9% year on year, were the main contributors to the observed growth and now account for 21% of total accesses.”

However, the main Internet access technology in fixed broadband continues to be ADSL, with a weight of 39.4%, followed by cable modem, with 36.4%.

“The number of users who actually used Internet using mobile broadband was 4.5 million, up 14.9% from the previous quarter and 24.4% year on year, numbers that translate highest quarterly growth ever “, said the Governor chaired by Fatima Barros.

“Of the total, 3.5 million accessing through mobile phones, ‘says Anacom, recalling that” the development of mobile broadband has been driven by the increasing number of users of smartphones in this quarter now account for 47.1% of all mobile phone users “, an increase of 8.7 percentage points compared to 2013.

Vodafone was in September the operator with the highest growth in fixed broadband access subscribers wide, while the PT and the US experienced a stabilization, according to data released today by the regulator Anacom.

Vodafone leads growth

“Vodafone was the sixth consecutive quarter, the provider that, in net terms, most subscribers managed to capture, reaching a share of 9.8% at the end of the quarter “ended in September, ie 0.9 percentage points more than in the previous three months and two percentage points year on year, said the Anacom.

Regarding the PT group, the fixed access share stood at 49.3% in September, about half a percentage point less than in the previous quarter, says the National Communications Authority (Anacom).

“The US group had a share of access 34.8%, which decreased 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter,” he added.

For active customers mobile broadband, Meo share was 47.5%, followed by Vodafone with 28.1%, and the US, which resulted from the merger between Optimus and Zon, with 24.2%.

“The Internet access traffic Broadband increased about 7.1% in the third quarter “of this year, said Anacom, which adds that” the development is explained by the fixed broadband increase (6.5%), which is about 95.8% of the total. ”

But the Internet access traffic from mobile accesses rose 22.3%, mainly through cards / modems.

“This type of traffic, which represents about 72% of mobile Internet traffic, increased 26.2% this quarter, ‘says.

But the Internet access traffic via mobile phone “has increased (13.1%), representing 27.6% of the total,” concludes.

Revenue from mobile Internet access service totaled 264.9 million euros, 2% more than in the same period of 2013.