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Vodafone
to use Refer’s fibre optic cable network
in Portugal, Oct. 2002
Vodafone Portugal signed an agreement allowing
it to use over 1500 kilometres of Refer
Telecom’s fibre optic cable network
for a period of 12 years, with an option
to use any future network expansions. Under
the terms of the agreement, Vodafone will
be able to use the fibre optic cable network
leased by Refer Telecom for all the types
of services for which it is, or may later
be, authorised or licensed. According to
the operator, the agreement will allow Vodafone
to make significant cost savings in its
forecast total network costs over the agreement
term.
Optimus and Vodafone Telcel
ignore regulator's interconnection order
15th Oct. 2002
Portugal's 3G start-up, OniWay
has asked the country’s telecoms regulator,
Anacom, to force rivals Optimus and Vodafone
Telecel to carry its calls, claiming that
the two have refused to provide interconnection.
Last month, Anacom ordered
Optimus and Vodafone Telecel to provide
connection links with OniWay, a subsidiary
of Electricidade de Portugal. However, Optimus
and Vodafone have questioned the legality
of the deal between TMN and OniWay, which
allows the operator to provide mobile services
using TMN's network and are contesting the
regulator’s interconnection order in
court.
OniWay said it would only
launch its mobile operations in Portugal
when it had secured connection deals with
Vodafone and Optimus.
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