- Detailed identification of the DTT and DTH (via satellite) geographical coverage as currently provided, including, for this purpose, the coverage supplied by the current transmitters of the overlay network, indicating assumptions used, specifically those that determine the level of coverage presented, such as the C/I level and characteristics undertaken in the reception installation (for example, as regards the height and characteristics of antennae);
This information must be provided via an electronic file (such as a shapefile in vector format) with coverage areas duly identified geographically.
- Detailed information on population with an effective DTT coverage (provided by stations that make up the SFN network together with the overlay network) and DTH coverage; the information supplied must quantify, according to parishes, the percentage of residing population (on the basis of census carried out in 2011) with access to each of coverage types (DTT and DTH). This percentage of residing population must result from the following layers of information:
- Subsection unit (2011 Census) available at Censos 2011 - Importação dos principais dados alfanuméricos e geográficos (BGRI) - INEhttp://mapas.ine.pt/download/index2011.phtml or a more detailed one if available, solution that must be duly detailed if resorted to;
- Official administrative letter for 2011 available at CAOP 2011 - agosto de 2011 - Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugalhttp://nsnig.igeo.pt/produtos/cadastro/caop/versao2011.htm.
- Quantification of the error associated to the estimate of DTT coverage to be sent according to parishes, as well as the estimated overall error (Mainland) resulting from assumptions used (for example, associated to the location probability and to the estimated error resulting from the option for the propagation model, etc.), the maximum figure admitted being the estimate already presented in the scope of the tender proposal.
This information must be updated before ICP-ANACOM whenever changes in the network’s geographical coverage occur, namely further to the installation of new stations.
Once it is received, the information listed above shall be evaluated by ICP-ANACOM, and will become an integral part of RUF ICP-ANACOM No 6/2008, with any amendments that may be determined, binding the operator to minimum values established as from that date.
At the moment, this is a justified and proportionate condition, taking into account that the network optimization that has been carried out, and which was determined by determination of 18 May 2012, covered the Mainland territory as a whole. It is now also a timely condition, given that PTC declares that the stability of the network has been achieved.
