Portuguese Telecom Phone Charges
Portuguese Telecom is a monopoly.
Peak Times
From 0900 to 2100 Monday to Friday
Off-Peak Times
2100 to 0900 + Weekends and Holidays
Local Calls
Local calls are considered to be within the same area code, and any other area code within 50 kilometers of your area.
National Calls
These are other areas within Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira!)
Portuguese Telecom Land-line to Portuguese Telecom Land-line
Initial connection costs for making a call is € 0.0847.
For local calls, this gives you 1 minute for this price at both peak and off-peak times.
For national calls, you get 1 minute for this price at off-peak times, and thirty seconds at peak times.
| Local Calls | National Calls | |
| Peak | € 0.0316 per 60 seconds | € 0.0600 per 30 seconds |
| Off-Peak | € 0.0102 per 60 seconds | € 0.0102 per 60 seconds |
Portugues Telecom Land Lines - Other Land Lines
For Land Lines supplied by other operators, initial connection costs are the same.
| Operator | Price per Minute | ||
| Off-Peak | Peak | ||
| Equant, Tele2, PT Prime | * Local | € 0.0102 | € 0.0316 |
| * Nacional | € 0.0102 | € 0.0600 | |
| Other operators | * Local | € 0.0123 | € 0.0340 |
| * Nacional | € 0.0123 | € 0.0621 | |
Other land line operators:
Portuguese Telecom Land Line to Mobile Networks
| Operator | First 60 Seconds | Subsequent Minutes | |
| Off-Peak | Peak | ||
| TMN | € 0.1331 | € 0.2190 | € 0.2435 |
| Vodafone | € 0.1331 | € 0.2190 | € 0.2435 |
| Optimus | € 0.1513 | € 0.2335 | € 0.2598 |
Notes: After the first minute, prices are worked out per second, unlike for land line to land line prices
International Calls
All international calls have an initial connection for of € 0.0128 for the first 5 seconds
European Calls
| Europe - Land Lines | Weekends | Off-Peak | Peak |
| Spain | € 0.1630 | € 0.2173 | € 0.2716 |
| France, Switzerland and UK | € 0.1751 | € 0.2335 | € 0.2915 |
| Other European Union Zone 1 Countries e Norway | € 0.1810 | € 0.2414 | € 0.3018 |
| European Union Zone 2 Countries | € 0.4285 | € 0.5716 | € 0.7140 |
| Other European Countries | € 0.4285 | € 0.5716 | € 0.7140 |
| Europe - Mobile Networks | |||
| European Union - Zone 1 Countries, Switzerland and Norway | € 0.3622 | € 0.3923 | € 0.4225 |
| European Union - Zone 2 Countries | € 0.5734 | € 0.5734 | € 0.7243 |
| Other European Countries | € 0.5734 | € 0.5734 | € 0.7243 |
European Union Zone 1
- Britain
- Ireland
- Spain
- Italy
- Holland
- Switzerland
- Greece
- Germany
- Denmark
- Finland
- Belgium
- Austria
- Luxembourg
The following are also considered as zone 1 areas for the purposes of charging
- Vatican
- Gibraltar
- Andorra
- Lichtenstein
- Monaco
- S. Marino
European Union Zone 2
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Malta
- Cyprus
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Lithuania
Other International Calls
| Americas | Weekends | Off-Peak | Peak |
| United States and Canada | € 0.1810 | € 0.2414 | € 0.3018 |
| Brazil and Venezuela (Land Lines) | € 0.4225 | € 0.5432 | € 0.6639 |
| Brazil and Venezuela (Mobile Networks) | € 0.4828 | € 0.6035 | € 0.7243 |
| Mexico | € 0.7423 | € 0.9898 | € 1,2372 |
| The Bermudas, Caribbean | € 0.8269 | € 1,1027 | € 1,3779 |
| Other Americal Countries | € 1,0140 | € 1,3519 | € 1,6899 |
| Africa | |||
| Marrocco (Land Lines) | € 0.2927 | € 0.3905 | € 0.4876 |
| Marroccos (Mobile Networks),Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Algeria and Tunisia |
€ 0.4345 | € 0.5734 | € 0.7243 |
| Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and S.Tome | € 0.5070 | € 0.6639 | € 0.8449 |
| Other African Countries | € 1,0140 | € 1,3519 | € 1,6899 |
| Australasia, China And The Middle East | |||
| Australia | € 0.5793 | € 0.7243 | € 0.9657 |
| Macau, Hong-Kong, Japan, Korea | € 0.7605 | € 0.9657 | € 1,2675 |
| Israel and India | € 0.9053 | € 1.2071 | € 1.5089 |
| Other countries | € 1.0140 | € 1.3519 | € 1.6899 |
| Inmarsat | |||
| Inmarsat B e M | € 4.2731 | € 4.2731 | € 4.2731 |
| Inmarsat Mini M | € 2.7281 | € 2.7281 | € 2.7281 |
| Inmarsat A | € 7.7375 | € 7.7375 | € 7.7375 |
| Inmarsat M4-HSD | € 12.0710 | € 12.0710 | € 12.,0710 |
| EMSAT, Iridium | € 3.8748 | € 3.8748 | € 3.8748 |
| Inmarsat AERO | € 6.0500 | € 6.0500 | € 6.0500 |