DIGI added 171,000 services in Portugal in a single year
The Romanian challenger closed June with 960,000 active services, up from 789,000, and revenue of €37.2 million. Mobile did almost all the work.
DIGI arrived in Portugal in 2022 selling tariffs the incumbents would not match. The accounts now show what that bought. The operator ended the first half of 2026 with 960,000 active services, against 789,000 a year earlier — 171,000 new contracts in twelve months, or growth of 21.7%.
Mobile is the engine. Of that total, 545,000 are mobile services, nearly 30% up on a year ago. Fixed internet and data reached 186,000 customers, a 29.2% jump, and 147,000 of those households added television to the bundle.
Customers grew four times faster than revenue
Portuguese revenue came in at €37.2 million for the half, up 5.33%. Set that against 21.7% growth in services and the model explains itself: DIGI wins customers on price, and each new customer arrives paying less than the market average. The second quarter alone brought in €18.9 million, against €17.3 million in the same quarter of 2025.
Portugal is still the group’s smallest market. DIGI Communications reports 33.9 million revenue-generating units across Romania, Spain, Italy and Portugal, up 14% year on year, and publishes the detail in its investor relations filings.
What it means if you are already with someone else
Not much this week. What changes is the pressure on the other three networks. DIGI has been building its own infrastructure rather than renting capacity, including underground, where rivals have been upgrading 5G on the Lisbon Metro line by line. Once a fourth operator clears a million services, retention offers tend to get more generous.
At the current rate that milestone falls before the end of the year. It is worth marking, because that is the point where DIGI stops being the newcomer and starts being a competitor.
By Oliver Grant
Image: DIGI
