Over three-quarters (78.1%) of homes in Portugal subscribed to high-speed fixed internet access as of the first half of this year.
According to data published by the regulator ANACOM, above average penetration was seen in the regions of Lisbon (93%), Azores (89.1%), Madeira (87.2%) and Algarve (79.3%), while the North (74.%), Centre (68.1%) and Alentejo (57.9%) regions, where penetration is lower, grew above the national average.
As of the end of H1, the number of residential subscribers stood at 3.2 million, or 9.3% more than a year earlier. At least eight out of 10 new subscribers opted for a service supported over FTTH.
It is estimated that around 5.8 million households were wired with a high-speed network, 5.3% more than a year earlier. The coverage of high-speed networks was 90.6%, 4.3 pp points more than at the end of H1 2020.
The number of households cabled with FTTH rose to around 5.6 million, 8.5% more than in the same period last year, having achieved coverage of 87.6%. Over the past five years, fibre-optic cabled households have increased at an average annual rate of 8.7%.
The number of cabled households with high-speed accesses supported by cable TV networks increased by 0.1% compared to the same period in 2020, totaling 3.7 million.
The coverage of this type of networks was 57.5%.
