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We are presently at a turning point in mobile communications – the third generation (“3G” or UMTS) is imminent. The implications of UMTS for the Portuguese multimedia entertainment sector could be particularly relevant - mobile communications in Portugal have a penetration rate above the European average. Portugal is already a laboratory for testin...
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... loss of territory regarding the investment in ICT in Portugal compared to the main OECD countries helps to understand the comparison figures in terms of Internet access, currently the main platform of distribution of multimedia entertainment contents and services. Portugal is below the OECD average in terms of Internet access in general terms ( Figure 3) and in broadband ( Figure 4) -less than 20% of the Portuguese population had access to the Internet in December 2001, and less than 2% had access to broadband in June 2002. More recent data, relative to the third quarter of 2003, reveal that 63% of the Portuguese population has access to Internet; broadband, however, is accessible to only 4% of the population (Anacom 2003). ...
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