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Unlimited Tariff promote increased talk time

Lisbon – The volume of talk time mobile networks increased by 1.3% in first quarter 2014 to 11.6% over the same period last year, according to data advanced by ANACOM.

The National Communications Authority (ANACOM) revealed that this’ is due to increased adherence to offers with unlimited calls. The recorded increase was above forecasts resulting from the historical trend and estimated seasonal effect ‘.

On average, the duration of calls originating on mobile network (excluding cards / modems and M2M equipment) was 158 seconds per call 7 more seconds than the previous quarter, reveals the organization.

The number of minutes of calls per mobile station with actual use (excluding cards / modem equipment and machine to machine) was, on average, 166 per month. During the first quarter, 4.57 million users have used 3G services, 1.9% less than the previous quarter, and 3.9 million used the mobile Internet, a quarterly increase of 0.2%.

The smartphone penetration continues to increase, reaching 41.8% at the end of March

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