Altice Portugal

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Altice Portugal S.A.
Founded
  • 1994; 30 years ago (1994) (as Portugal Telecom)
  • 2018; 6 years ago (2018) (as Altice Portugal)
HeadquartersLisbon, Portugal
Key people
Ana Figueiredo (
ASN
Peering policyOpen
Websitetelecom.pt

Altice Portugal S.A. (formerly known as Portugal Telecom or PT) is the largest

telecommunications service provider in Portugal. Since June 2, 2015, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies/Indian Ocean Area, the Dominican Republic, and Switzerland. The assets in Portugal were sold to Altice[3] in 2015 per request of Oi SA to reduce debt.[4] The African assets were mostly sold for the same reason. Portugal Telecom, SGPS SA was split in separate companies: PT Portugal (now Altice Portugal) and Pharol (formerly PT SGPS), which owns a 27,5% stake in Oi.[5][6]

History

The first telephone experiments in Portugal connected

radiotelegraphy and wireless telephone
, a contract with the Marconi's Wireless Telegraphy Company concession was confirmed in 1922. In 1925, the "Companhia Portuguesa Rádio Marconi" (CPRM) was set up and took on all responsibilities of the previous concession.

In 1970, CTT became a Public Company and in 1989, the TLP was transformed into a Limited Company, and was controlled by the State.

APT heritage still in use in Porto

In 1992, the Portuguese government and the Public Service Television Corporation

SIC required the services of TDP, but TVI
decided to create its own transmitter Network (RETI).

In 1992, CTT became a Limited Company with public capital and the Comunicações Nacionais, SPGS, SA (CN) was created, a state holding company responsible for the managing of all state participation within the sector, comprising CTT, TLP, CPRM and TDP. That year, the telecommunications operations of CTT were detached with the creation of Telecom Portugal, SA, allowing CTT to dedicate itself to postal services. With this, Portugal's telecommunications network was operated by three operators: TLP in the Lisbon and Porto areas, Telecom Portugal was responsible for the remaining national, European and Mediterranean communications; and Marconi took on international traffic. In 1994, a single national telecommunications operator was created with the combination of the companies within the CN State holding: Portugal Telecom, SA (PT) merged into one Telecom Portugal, TLP and TDP.

Portugal Telecom was the only telephone operator in Portugal, being a monopoly, until 1994,[7] when the government gradually reduced its control over the corporation. In 2000, Portugal Telecom became a publicly owned company.

Portugal Telecom headquarters in Lisbon, in 2003

In early 2007, the Portuguese conglomerate,

Spanish government to give up its golden share in the other telecommunications' major player in the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica
.

In December 2009, Portugal Telecom purchased RETI.

On October 2, 2013, Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi said they would combine operations to form a new Brazil-based company with more than 100 million subscribers.[8] The resulting company's provisional name is CorpCo.

Armando Almeida replaced Zeinal Bava at the helm of Portugal Telecom on August 18, 2014. Zeinal Bava skipped off to Oi in Brazil.[9]

On June 2, 2015, Altice announced closing of Portugal Telecom acquisition.[10][11] Paulo Manuel da Conceição Neves was appointed as CEO.[12]

On November 21, 2017, Paulo Neves resigned as CEO and was replaced by Alexandre Filipe Fonseca.[13]

Operations

Domestic

Altice owns

contact centres
.

International

Vivo, the country's largest mobile phone network, which it controlled jointly with Telefónica. It agreed however to sell its stake to Telefónica for €7.5 billion in July 2010.[15]

Portugal Telecom's other main international assets were based in Africa and Asia, largely in

Méditel of Morocco in September 2009.[16]

In Asia Portugal Telecom owned 41.1% of Timor Telecom of East Timor.

Ownership

Altice Portugal is no longer a publicly traded company, since 100% of its capital is owned by Altice.

As of 15 November 2011 its major stockholders were Espírito Santo Financial Group (11.30%), RS Holding (10.05%), Capital Research and Management (9.97%), Oi;k (7.00%), Caixa Geral de Depósitos (6.23%), Brandes Investment Partners (5.24%) and Norges Bank (5.01%).

After privatization the

Portuguese government owned 500 golden shares in PT, which carried special rights over the company's management decisions and blocked any one shareholder from holding more than 10% of voting rights within the company.[17] The golden shares were the subject of a long running dispute between the government and the European Commission, which alleged that their existence was illegal under EU law. Portugal argued that the shares were in the public interest. A case brought before the European Court of Justice by the commission to force the government to cede its shares resulted in the announcement of their abolition in July 2011.[18]

On 2 October 2013 it was reported that Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi are to merge to create a Brazil-based company.[19]

Since June 2, 2015, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium & Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies/Indian Ocean Area and Dominican Republic (“Overseas Territories”) and Switzerland.

Notes

  1. ^ "Altice Portugal muda de liderança. Alexandre Fonseca vai para cargo internacional". observador.pt. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Consolidated Report 2014" (PDF). PT Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ [ISIN: LU1014539529]
  4. ^ [ISIN: BROIBRACNOR1]
  5. ^ Kowsmann, Patricia (22 January 2015). "Portugal Telecom Holders Approve Sale of Portuguese Operations to Altice". Retrieved 11 April 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
  6. ^ "Today's Stock Market News and Analysis from Nasdaq.com". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Political calls for Portugal to block Altice TV takeover in wake of EU fine - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  8. ^ "Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi to Merge". The Wall Street Journal.
  9. ^ Portugal Telecom’s new chief 'to put customers first', Algarve Daily News (18-09-2014)
  10. ^ "Altice announces closing of Portugal Telecom Acquisition" (PDF). June 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "Altice finalises acquisition of Portugal Telecom". Agence France-Presse and Business Insider. June 2, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015..
  12. ^ "PT Portugal names new management".
  13. ^ "Altice: Paulo Neves sai da PT, Alexandre Fonseca confirmado como presidente executivo".
  14. ^ a b c "Corporate structure". Portugal Telecom. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  15. ^ a b Minder, Raphael (28 July 2010). "Telefónica Wins Full Control of Brazil Phone Venture". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  16. ^ Tavares, Elisabete; Khalip, Andrei; MacInnes, Judy (1 September 2009). "Portugal Telecom, Telefonica sell Meditel stakes". Reuters. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  17. ^ Wise, Peter (16 February 2007). "Sonaecom lifts Portugal Telecom bid". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  18. ^ Goncalves, Sergio; Alvarenga, Daniel (5 July 2011). "Portugal scraps golden shares in utilities". Reuters. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  19. ^ PATRICIA KOWSMANN; ROGERIO JELMAYER (2 October 2013). "Portugal Telecom and Brazil's Oi to Merge". The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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