Executive summary
- In October 2018, telecommunication prices, measured by the sub-index of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remained unchanged from the previous month. Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, the variation in prices was -0.02%. The average change in telecommunications prices in the last 12 months was 0.3%, 0.82 percentage points (p.p.) below the CPI (1.12%).
- In terms of international comparisons in the electronic communications sector, in October 2018 the average change in the last 12 months of telecommunications prices in Portugal was the 9th highest among EU countries. The EU average for telecommunications prices showed a more pronounced fall (-0.2%).
- Since April 2011, telecommunication prices have grown more in Portugal than in the EU.
