Telecommunications prices in Portugal increased by 2.7% in January
Consumer telecommunications prices rose 2.7% in January compared to the same month of 2021, revealed Anacom (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações) this Friday, taking into account the “respective sub-index of the CPI Price Index (IPC). ) ”. The rise is lower than the January inflation rate, which stood at 3.3%.
Compared to December, telecommunications prices increased by 1.4%. The average rate of telecommunications prices in the last 12 months was 0.8%.
In the last 12 months, the average rate of communications prices in Portugal was 0.2 percentage points (pp) higher than in the European Union (EU). It was, in fact, one tenth highest among the Member States.
Since 2020, communications prices have increased, in accumulated terms, by 9.3% in Portugal, but in the EU they have decreased by an average of 9.8%. In this time period, only in Romania there was a greater increase (19.3%) than in Portugal.
By operator, in the sector, it indicates that “the minimum monthly fees or two cases of a number of services/offers to MEO and Voda, presented as lower monthly fees for types of service/offers, each one” . “NOS presented the lowest monthly fee for a type of service/offer”.
“MEO increased the monthly fee for five services/offers and the monthly fee for two offers. NOS increased the minimum monthly fee of five services/offers and increased the monthly fee of one offer. Vodafone has increased the minimum monthly fees for three services/offers and has increased the monthly fee for one offer. In turn, NOWO increased the minimum monthly fees for services/offers and increased the monthly fee for a service/offer”, says, finally, Ana