Digi already has a million active services in Portugal

Adigi revenue in Portugal rose by 7.6% in the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period of 2025, to EUR 56.5 million, according to the results released today by the operator.

According to the results, “receivings in Portugal for the three-month period ended on 30 September 2026 amounted to EUR 19.5 million”, compared with EUR 17.6 million in the same period of 2025, “an increase of 10.9%”.

In the third quarter, RGU [receiving units] of pay television reached about 156,000, compared with 128,000 a year earlier, corresponding to an increase of 21.8%, according to the fourth operator entering the Portuguese market.

“ Our fixed Internet and data GUR increased from approximately 150,000 on September 30, 2025 to about 204,000 on September 30, 2026, an increase of approximately 36.0%” and those on mobile phones rose from 33.4% to 591,000. The landline's back 15.2% to 78,000.

Operational expenditure in Portugal for the third quarter totalled €25.6 million, compared with €29.4 million a year earlier, which represents a decrease of 12.9%.

“ The decrease in operational expenditure reflects cost efficiency measures, at the same time, such expenses also present a stabilization as the company overcomes its initial deployment phase”, says Digi, in the result statement.

At the end of September, Digi Portugal had one million active services (against 813,000 a year earlier), which is equivalent to an increase of 27%, “with 591 thousand mobile lines and 204,000 Internet customers, of which 156 thousand also hired Digi TV”.

In a statement, Digi Portugal states that “it has been a positive development that demonstrates the trust of thousands of customers who choose fair prices daily” of the operator.

“ With an investment of over EUR 700 million, the operator has been strengthening its network and already has 5,000 base stations and 2 million houses covered with fiber optics,” the company said.

In turn, the Digi group “sounded 35.1 million RGU (+14% compared to the same quarter of 2025) in the operations of Romania, Spain, Italy and Portugal, in active services of TV, net, voice and mobile”.

In the first nine months of the year, the Digi group recorded losses of EUR 54.5 million, compared with a profit of EUR 31.3 million in the same period of 2025.

Revenue rose by 11% to EUR 1.8 billion and the result before interest, depreciation and depreciation (EBITDA) adjusted by EUR 528 million, an annual increase of 21%.

In the third quarter, Digi “announced the completion of the implementation works of the 4G and 5G networks on the Yellow, Green, Red and Blue lines of the Lisbon Metro”.

In Portugal, “like what happens throughout the group, operations are carried out by a team of professionals hired directly by Digi, which already exceeds 1,800 workers”.

In the statement, “the operator reaffirms (...) his commitment to job creation, generating new jobs as he expands the operation throughout the country and, at the same time, reinforcing investment in the Portuguese economy”.