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NOS, SGPS S.A. is a Portuguese telecommunications and media company which provides mobile and fixed telephony, cable television, satellite television and internet.The company resulted from the merger in 2013 of two of the country's major telecommunications companies: Zon Multimédia (formerly known as PT Multimédia, a spun-off media arm of Portugal Telecom) and Sonae's Optimus Telecommunications.
The Districts of Portugal were established by a royal decree of 18 July 1835. On the Portuguese mainland, they correspond to the current districts, with the exception of Setúbal District, which is the result of a split of Lisbon District in 1926.
Administrative divisions of continental Portugal, including districts, NUTS and historical provinces. This is the list of the municipalities of Portugal under the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 format. The NUTS 3 regions were revised in 2015; since then, the subregions (NUTS 3) coincide with the intermunicipal communities. [1]
This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts ( Portuguese : distritos ) and 2 autonomous regions ( regiões autónomas ), Azores and Madeira . The districts and autonomous regions are further subdivided into 308 municipalities of Portugal ( municípios or concelhos ).
It is one of the four triple play operators in Portugal along with MEO, NOS and Vodafone. [1] NOWO belongs to the Romanian company Digi Communications. [2] [3] [4] NOWO has mobile, 4G and wired telecommunication. It has a fiber optic network of around 14,000 km (~8,700 mi), covering more than 70 municipalities and 200 parishes in Portugal.
The subdivisions of Portugal are based on a complicated administrative structure. The second-level administrative division , after the 7 regions and 2 autonomous regions , is 308 municipalities ( concelhos ) which are further subdivided into 3091 civil parishes ( freguesias ).
Portugal has a modern and flexible telecommunications market and a wide range of varied media organisations. The regulatory body overseeing communications is called ANACOM . The country has one of the highest mobile phone penetration rates in the world (the number of operative mobile phones already exceeds the population).
Mainland Portugal is divided into 18 Districts, but they are being phased out. See Subdivisions of Portugal for details of the replacement subdivisions. There are also two Autonomous Regions in Portugal, both of which occupy islands: the Azores and Madeira .