NOS sees strong pay TV and converged growth

Portuguese service provider NOS continued to record strong revenue-generating growth in the fourth quarter of last year.

The operator added 159,300 RGUs, including an additional 11,300 pay TV customers, taking its fixed-line pay TV total to 1.394 million. Overall, NOS’s total pay base stood at 1.647 million, including satellite customers, with 85% now taking the service over fixed-access technology.

Total net growth in mobile RGUs amounted to 140,000, with 61% taking postpaid subscriptions. NOS’s converged customer base grew by 14,800 in the quarter to reach 1.021 million.

NOS’s pay TV proposition was boosted in the fourth quarter by the launch of the Nvidia TV Shield Android set-top box and the launch of NOS TV+, which enables access to the NOS TV app over a subscriber’s own Apple TV or Android TV box.

The company posted revehues of €385.4 million for the quarter, up 8.8%, and EBITDA of €140.2 million, up 6%.