Vodafone is legally contesting a government security committee's decision requiring mobile operators to remove Huawei components from their transport networks (WDM). While the company has begun the replacement process, it argues that these specific network parts pose lower security risks than the core or radio network and warns that the mandate creates excessive dependency on a single remaining supplier.
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Economist Ricardo Amaro of Oxford Economics identifies the shortage and high cost of housing as a growing barrier for foreign investors in Portugal. The firm's recent report also warns that inflation in Portugal is expected to remain high, projected at 3% for next year, which threatens household purchasing power and continues to pressure energy and food costs.
The government has selected Lufthansa for the partial privatization of TAP, acquiring up to 49.9% of the capital for 1.201 billion euros, with the operation expected to conclude by early 2028. The Sitava union expressed concern that employees might again be forced to bear the burden of the company's future restructuring, criticizing the potential separation of TAP's maintenance and engineering divisions into the Lufthansa group.
The energy regulator (ERSE) has decided to transfer 40% of grid regulation costs currently borne by retailers directly to consumers via grid access tariffs. The change will be phased in, starting with a 25% transfer of the estimated charges in the last quarter of 2026.