NOS (Portuguese company)

NOS, SGPS S.A.
FormerlyZON
Optimus Telecomunicações
Company typeSociedade Anónima
Euronext LisbonNOS
ISINPTZON0AM0006
IndustryTelecommunications, Media
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994) (as PT Multimédia)
2007; 17 years ago (2007) (spin-off from Portugal Telecom)
2008; 16 years ago (2008) (as ZON Multimédia)
2013; 11 years ago (2013) (merger with Optimus Telecomunicações)
2014; 10 years ago (2014) (as NOS)
Defunct2007; 17 years ago (2007) (as PT Multimédia)
2008; 16 years ago (2008) (spin-off from Portugal Telecom)
2014; 10 years ago (2014) (as ZON Mutimédia)
HeadquartersLisbon, Portugal
Key people
Miguel Almeida (CEO)
Isabel dos Santos
(non-executive administrator)
ProductsCable television (HFC), FTTH, broadband Internet access, landline, mobile operator, television broadcasting, film distribution, movie theater operation
RevenueIncrease1.59 billion (2019)[1]
Increase€641 million (2019)[1]
Increase€143 million (2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease€3.088 billion (2019)[1]
Total equityIncrease€1 billion (2019)[1]
Number of employees
1,909 (2019)[1]
DivisionsTVCine
Sporttv
SubsidiariesNOS Comunicações (100%), NOS Madeira Comunicações, S.A. (78%), NOS Açores Comunicações, S.A. (84%), NOS Audiovisuais (100%), NOS Cinemas (100%), Sport TV (25%), Dreamia (50%) and ZAP (30%)
Websitewww.nos.pt

NOS, SGPS S.A. is a Portuguese telecommunications and media company which provides mobile and fixed telephony, cable television, satellite television and internet. The company resulted from the merger in 2013 of two of the country's major telecommunications companies: Zon Multimédia (formerly known as PT Multimédia, a spun-off media arm of Portugal Telecom) and Sonae's Optimus Telecommunications.[2]

NOS owns premium movie channels TVCine and has a 25% stake in the Sport TV television network. It also operates 4 channels as joint ventures with AMC Networks International Southern Europe. NOS Audiovisuais (formerly ZON Lusomundo) is a home-video and cinema film distributor and operates NOS Cinema, the largest cinema chain of Portugal.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). nos.pt. Nos. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-05.
  2. ^ "Cronologia da fusão Zon/Optimus" (in Portuguese). jornaldenegocios.pt. 26 August 2013.