The National Communications Authority (Anacom) announced Thursday that at the end of June there were 4.64 million telephone lines, “the highest value since 2006,” that is, the last nine years.
“For several years the number of installed fixed lines was falling, reaching the lowest level in 2008/9,” said Anacom in a statement.
“With the expansion of offers in package including fixed service this break was reversed, reaching a peak last June, “said the telecoms regulator, stressing that” despite this, the traffic continues to fall as a result of increased penetration of packages also integrate mobile services. “
In the second quarter, the volume of minutes of fixed voice telephone service fell 4.7% in the previous three months and decreased 14.4% over the same period 2014.
“To the growth of 2% of the number of landlines in the quarter contributed the accesses using fiber optic networks, cable and GSM / UMTS / LTE, making it the first Instead, the alternative networks to the traditional copper network are responsible for more than half of fixed telephony accesses, “said the governor.
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