The National Communications Authority (Anacom) has announced that Altice/MEO must make wholesale offers for access to the fiber optic network available within six months in the 402 parishes where there is no competition.
“The European Commission did not raise any reservations about the draft decisions notified by Anacom regarding the analyses of the relevant markets, thus validating this Authority's decision to impose several obligations on MEO, including the obligation to open its fiber optic network to other operators, in a group of parishes in the country”, the telecommunications regulator said in a statement.
Anacom determined that “these wholesale offers must be defined by MEO and made available to potential beneficiaries and Anacom within six months from the date of approval of this decision”, and that “they have one month to comment”.
The regulator also highlighted that “the offers will be associated with an obligation of fair and reasonable prices, which allows operators to design retail offers and offer their end customers, in a profitable way, the retail services typically available in the rest of the country”.
Source: https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2023-12-29/6-month-deadline-for-fibre-optic-network/84635