TECNOSFERA

Summary of National Broadband Strategies and country data: Broadband penetration in Portugal was 4.9% of the population in January 2004. Portugal is one of the very few countries in the EU where the number of cable modem subscribers is greater than the number of DSL subscribers. However, Portugal Telecom, the incumbent, is the dominant provider of both DSL and cable modem services. Portugal Telecom has 87% of the DSL market while few independent ISPs provide DSL services mainly through bitstream access.