How to get a phone number and internet in Portugal
Getting a Portuguese phone number and home internet: prepaid and contract plans, loyalty periods (fidelização), coverage and how to complain to ANACOM.
What this guide will cover
- Why a Portuguese number helps
- Prepaid or contract
- Home internet
- Loyalty periods (fidelização)
- Complaints
Official sources
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- ANACOM — Communications Regulator anacom.pt
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ANACOM — Communications Regulator
The telecoms regulator: consumer information on contracts, loyalty periods (fidelização), coverage and how to complain about a provider.
- Languages
- Portuguese, English
- Where
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