1991 • Created on 22 March to take on the only existing mobile service in Portugal, based on an analogue network launched in 1989 by
TLP (Lisbon and Oporto's phone service) and
CTT (Portuguese Postal Service/national phone service), both State companies. The network prefix was
0676. • In December,
Marconi (Portuguese international phone service, also a State company) bought into the company; ownership became equally split among the three partners. 1992 • In March, regulatory agency ICP-
Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal (Communications Institute of Portugal, now
Anacom) announced the winners of the public bids for two licenses for mobile services through
GSM. One winner was TMN; the second winner was a private consortium formed for the bid, called
Telecel (later bought by Vodafone). • In May, the first GSM call was placed. Prefix was
0936. • On 8 October the GSM service was commercially launched. 1993 • In May, the first
roaming call was made. • In October, TMN launched the voice mail service for free to all customers. 1994 • TMN was incorporated into
PT Portugal, the State-run telecom born from the merger of
TLP,
Marconi, TDP and Telecom Portugal (spin-off from
CTT). 1995 • Inauguration, in February, of the digital network in the
Madeira island. • In September, launch of MIMO, the world's first
prepaid mobile service. 1996 • In April, a new logo was presented. • In June, launch of SPOT, a prepaid tariff for younger customers. • In July, inauguration of the digital network in the
Azores. 1998 • In April, TMN was the first Portuguese operator to adopt billing by the second as imposed by law. • TMN reached one million customers. • In September, third GSM competitor was launched:
Optimus (now
NOS). 1999 • TMN reached two million customers. It got its second million customers in just one year, as opposed to nine years for the first million. • ICP granted to TMN a license for
Fixed phone services, with prefix
1096. TMN would only offer this service to its corporate customers, backed on its parent company's
landline network. 2000 • Prefix of TMN was changed to 96 as part of an overall restructuring of the national numbering system. 2003 • In June, TMN launched a mobile portal, i9 (pronounced
innov), on the trail of
Vodafone live!, launched in November 2005. 2005 • On 28 September TMN introduced a new logo, shown above. 2007 • PTC launches the IPTV service in February 2007. • In June 2007, PT presented the new dimension of the MEO service. 2008 • MEO Satélite arrives in the national territory on April 2, 2008, for PT subscribers. •
Disney Channel arrived at MEO without replacement through on June 1, 2008. 2009 • On April 2, 2009, MEO celebrated 1 year and launched the children's television for Portugal Telecom. • PT Presented MEO Fibra in May 2009, after to
Clix and
Zon. • In October 2009, MEO had more than 500 thousand cus. 2010 • In June 2010, MEO launched this APP on TV with Meo Interactivo. • In autumn 2010, PT launches Music Box, MEO Videoclube on PC and MEO Jogos. 2011 • TMN launches the
E tariff, a new prepaid card. • MEO premieres the series Fora da Box, with episodes on channel 54 and
Facebook. • MEO reaches 1 million customers and the new MEO Go! is created. This TMN store will buy cell phones at PT Bluestore (now lojas MEO). • In December he launches the MEO Like Music concert, deactivated in 2018. 2012 • On February 10, 2012, MEO launches the MEO Kanal communication channel. • In March 2012, TMN changes its slogan
Até Já for
Vamos Lá. • In May 2012, MEO launches 4G mobile broadband and reaches more channels on MEO Kanal. • In July 2012, MEO worked in partnership with Cofina (now Medialivre), to launch the channel in 2013. • In October 2012, MEO chose the brand for the best consumer award in Portugal in 2012. 2013 • On January 11, 2013, MEO launched the new logo, the second logo in the history of telecommunications. • On the same day, PT Bluestore moved to Lojas MEO TMN. 2014 • In January 27, 2014 PT Portugal will discontinue TMN brand and merge it with MEO. On December 29, 2014, PT Portugal extinguished TMN, changing its name to MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia e on the same day, PTC merged the MEO brand. 2015 • In January 2015, PT decided to combine MEO and PTC into a single company, now renamed MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia. • On July 2, 2015, PT's MEO will be replaced by the
Altice group. 2017 • From 31 October the carrier name on the iPhone changed to
altice MEO 2018 • On August 8, 2018, MEO has reached one and a half million subscribers. 2020 • MEO is the provider with the largest share of television subscribers, with 39.8%, followed by
NOS with 39.7%. 2023 • In June, MEO celebrates 15 years. Now, the protagonists from the iconic ‘Communicado à Nação’ are 4 15 year olds who, in the same scenario and with the same clothes, futuristic, with the same production team and photographer responsible for the 2008 campaign. 2024 • In May 2024, MEO recently changed its logo, the third time to have the current logo. == Marketing ==