Internet for 5 euros? Altice Portugal wants ANACOM’s proposal to be rejected

Recently Autoridade Nacional das Comunicações (ANACOM) unveiled proposals for tariffs for the social Internet. ANACOM wants a monthly fee of five euros (6.15 euros with VAT at a rate of 23%) and guarantees 30 GB of internet traffic.

Altice Portugal criticized Anacom’s online social tariff proposal, which it said “does not respect the government’s position” and expects the executive to “speak quickly, rejecting” the regulator’s report.

Operators offered 10 Mbps internet speed and 12 GB traffic

ANACOM has proposed to the government to apply a monthly fee of five euros (6.15 euros including VAT at a rate of 23%) for broadband internet service. In a final decision, approved this week, the regulator increased the minimum monthly cost of traffic for offering a social tariff for broadband Internet access from 12 GB to 30 GB.

Altice Portugal has already commented and expects the government to reject the proposal ...

Unfortunately, it is no longer surprising that Altice Portugal learns about the many Anacom solutions.

The role of this regulator in the last three years has been characterized by decision-making contrary to what is brought to public consultation and what is determined by the government, as well as changes in the rules in the middle of the game.

The proposal that ANACOM has submitted to the government on a social tariff on the Internet “does not include, again, the considerations shared by the operators, and contains significant changes from the version to be consulted, given that during the consultation, the regulator requested a decision on the proposal at a speed 10 Mbit / s and a traffic ceiling of 12 GB, not at a speed of 30 Mbit / s and a ceiling of 30 GB, that is, "three times more than agreed," the same source indicated.

In terms of price, “the value currently offered by Anacom represents a discount of over 65% over market practice, in stark contrast to what is seen in other business sectors and, internationally, in the electronic communications sector, which again demonstrates the role of the regulator in destroying this sector in Portugal ”, - criticizes the company led by Alexander Fonseca.

According to Anacom, the potential population of "beneficiaries of the social tariff for broadband Internet access is about 800 thousand people and will be dispersed throughout the country, and the number of effective beneficiaries may be less than mentioned."

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