Thousands of consumers in the Centro region are still without telecommunications after Storm Kristin, with no firm indication of when services will be restored. For DECO there is no doubt that consumers will have to be compensated for the service failure. Anacom admits that, in cases of service failures ...
Does a communications outage entitle you to compensation? Find out your rights
Friday, 30 January 2026RSS

Context & Explainers
ANACOM is Portugal's national regulator for communications (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações). It supervises telecoms, internet, radio and postal services, handles consumer complaints and can fine providers; after Storm Kristin it warned fixed-network problems in affected regions may persist until mid‑June. Those with ongoing phone or internet outages should first report them to their provider and can escalate unresolved complaints to ANACOM.








