Bragatel
Portuguese telecommunications company
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Bragatel was a Portuguese telecommunications company with coverage in the city of Braga from 1994 to 2009. It was acquired by ZON Multimédia in 2008 and ceased providing its own services in 2009.
History
Bragatel was registered on 11 November 1993[1] and started its service in October 1994 in a few zones of the city of Braga[2] and in 1996 had joined the APOCABO association as a founding member.[3] It started providing cable internet services in April 1998, the first company in Portugal to do so.[4]
The company had a Fixed Wireless Access license, but, in July 2000, Media Capital sued the company for breach of contract.[5]
Broadcasts of Fox started on 2 March 2005, two months before TV Cabo.[6]
The sale of the company was announced in 2007, raising concerns over a possible monopoly.[7] The sale was approved by the Competition Authority on 24 November 2008, alongside TVTEL and Pluricanal.[8]
The company's FWA license was revoked on 24 August 2009.[9]