NOS saw continued growth in its subscriber base during 2017. The Portuguese cable operator also grew the number of RGUs by 334,900 in what was its 16th consecutive quarter of growth.
According to the regulator ANACOM, NOS holds a 43 per cent market share in the pay-TV sector.
“NOS continues to be focused on developing the best communications and entertainment solutions for our customers, continually increasing investment in innovation, in our new generation networks and in cloud services,” said Miguel Almeida, CEO, NOS. “In 2018, we will accelerate even more our investment in infrastructure, in particular in latest generation technologies, pursuing the path of continuous improvement in the quality of service that we provide to our customers.”
The company increased its pay-TV subscribers during the year to 1.617 million. Mobile RGUs grew by 4.9 per cent or 217 thousand new services compared to 2016 to 4,673 million. There was also growth of 5.4 per cent and 1.9 per cent in broadband fixed internet and fixed voice services respectively. The number of fixed broadband RGUs was 1.333 million, while the number of fixed voice RGUs reached 1,758 million.
Revenues increased by 3.1% in the year to € 1,562 million.