Meo (Portugal)
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| Type | Service of Portugal Telecom |
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| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder(s) | Portugal Telecom |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Area served | Portugal |
| Key people | Zeinal Bava (CEO of Portugal Telecom) |
| Products | Digital Television (Satellite and IPTV) Broadband Internet (Fixed and Wireless) Telephony (Fixed and Wireless). |
| Services | MEO Fibra MEO ADSL MEO Satélite MEO GO! |
| Owner(s) | Portugal Telecom |
| Parent | PT Comunicações |
| Website | meo.pt |
MEO is the commercial brand-name of a triple-play subscription home telecommunications service provided by Portugal Telecom. The service can be delivered either through ADSL2+, FTTH or Satellite link and is available throughout Portugal.
The service was started as a pilot test in the city of Lisbon in 2006 and was later extended to Porto and Castelo Branco, Portugal. The commercial launch of the ADSL2+ service took place in June 2007, and the satellite service took place in April 2008 operating in the Hispasat satellite, soon followed by the FTTH service.
The ADSL2+ and FTTH offers reach the several areas in Portugal and include broadband Internet services (at up to 200Mbit/s currently) as well as telephone service.
There were plans to launch a new digital television DVB-T service also under the meo brand known as meo TDT.
The television channel line-up includes the Portuguese version of international channels such as:
And several European Football club television channels such as:
It currently competes with SONAECOM's IPTV offer Optimus Clix, Vodafone Portugal's IPTV offer, ZON Multimédia Cable and Satellite offer and Cabovisão Cable offer.
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