Six out of every ten subscribers to fixed broadband in Portugal can receive speeds of over 30 Mbps.
Regulator Anacom says three out of every ten connections are capable of running speeds in excess of 100 Mbps.
As of December 31, 2015 there were 3.14 million fixed broadband connections, an increase of 10% on the previous year.
Cable connections grew by 5.3%, retaking the lead for fixed broadband connections, and overtaking ADSL, which had been the leading network since 2004. Cable networks now account for 33.8% of total connections, ADSL, which fell back by 4.7% represents 33.1% of total connections.
At the end of 2015, fibre-to-the-home represented made up 26.6% of fixed broadband connections, and was the technology that contributed most to the growth reported in total connections.
Connections using LTE at a fixed location also saw an increase in 2015, expanding to 200 thousand connections at the end of 2015, corresponding to 6.5% of total connections.
MEO reported a market share of 44% of fixed broadband customers, compared to 48.1% in 2014; Grupo NOS had 36.4% of fixed broadband customers, compared to 34.7% in the previous year, while Vodafone, with 14.8%, was provider whose share grew most (3.5 percentage points). Grupo Apax, which includes Cabovisão and ONI, had 4.4% of customers compared to 5.5% in 2014.
Total revenue from standalone and multiple-play bundles that include the high speed broadband, totalled €1.511 billion, increasing 26.5% over the previous year.
