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The operator guarantees that the Vodafone mobile network has been generally restored in all municipalities affected by the storm Kristin.
Around 280,000 users were affected on the mobile network by the severe weather that hit the country.
There has been an improvement in the delivery of telecommunications services: affected municipalities now have connections but still experience interruptions, and normalisation will be a slow process. More than 50% of base stations have been restored, ANACOM says. Operators are keeping permanent teams on the ground.
Oleiros, Ferreira do Zêzere and Vila do Rei continue to experience outages.
The mayor said he is in constant contact with E-Redes and mobile communications operators, but emphasised that “the situation is very difficult, despite teams being on the ground”.
The initiative aims to keep residents informed about issues such as water supply, electricity, the mobile network and the Internet. Meanwhile, the president of Leiria Municipal Council criticises presidential candidates.
The 'Notice to residents' sets out the current situation regarding water and electricity supplies, and the mobile network and internet.
The communications situation after Kristin 'remains complex' and is not comparable to that experienced during the blackout because the depression's passage destroyed infrastructure, Anacom told ECO/eRadar. The restoration of services is expected to take longer than in the blackout — 'a few more days.' 'The communications situation remains complex. Contrary to what ...'
Water jerrycans in hand, mobile phones without signal and little information from the authorities. After Storm Kristin passed, Leiria is experiencing hours of isolation and uncertainty, with thousands of people without electricity, an irregular water supply and no idea when the situation will return to normal.
The passage of Storm Kristin left some areas of the country without electricity, affecting telecommunications services. MEO, NOS, Nowo and Vodafone Portugal are experiencing unstable services.
Digi will keep telecommunications prices unchanged this year and focus on expanding its mobile network in the Lisbon Metro, after doing so in Porto. The chief executive of the Romanian group announced the company's plans for 2026 this Tuesday but refused to disclose the associated investments. The low-cost operator will...
Vodafone Portugal began 2026 with the slogan 'If you're Vodafone, you know you have 5G GOAT'. This first major advertising campaign of the year aims to reinforce to customers that the brand's 5G network 'guarantees an elevated experience'. The telecommunications operator explains, in a statement, that 'according to data released by ANACOM, the ...'
