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Portugal's Meo seeks €82m from state over Huawei 5G exclusion

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 378 words · By Ema Gil Pires
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What to know about Portugal's Meo seeks €82m from state over Huawei 5G exclusion

Portuguese telecoms operator Meo is taking the state to court over its decision to ban Huawei equipment from 5G networks, arguing the move caused serious financial damage.

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What happened

Portuguese telecoms operator Meo is taking the state to court over its decision to ban Huawei equipment from 5G networks, arguing the move caused serious financial damage.

Why it matters

Telecoms operator Meo is suing the Portuguese state for €81.7 million in compensation following the exclusion of Huawei equipment from Portugal's 5G networks, the newspaper Público reported on Monday.

Common ground

The outlet cites filings on the Citius portal relating to proceedings brought against the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State's Legal Centre, lodged on 24 April with the Lisbon Administrative Court.

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Telecoms operator Meo is suing the Portuguese state for €81.7 million in compensation following the exclusion of Huawei equipment from Portugal's 5G networks”
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Multiple independent news sources (Euronews and other web results) confirm that Meo is suing the Portuguese state for approximately €81.7 million due to the exclusion of Huawei 5G equipment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of commercial 5G NR networks around the globe, showing their frequency bands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of commercial Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks in Europe, grouped by their frequency bands. Some operators use multiple bands and are therefore listed multiple times in respective sec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks_in_Europe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salvatore De Meo (born 27 October 1971 in Fondi) is an Italian politician who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2019. He took his seat after Brexit. As of the end of 2022 he was th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_De_Meo
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“The outlet cites filings on the Citius portal relating to proceedings brought against the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State's Legal Centre, lodged on 24 April with the Lisbon Administrative Court.”
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Web search results explicitly mention the filings on the Citius portal, the defendants (Public Prosecutor's Office and State's Legal Centre), the date (April 24), and the venue (Lisbon Administrative Court).
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... ... State's Legal Centre, lodged on 24 April with the Lisbon Administrative Court. ... filed administrative proceedings against the resolution ...
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/meo-demands-82-million-com…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2026 ... He won the case and now the prosecutor is appealing the judge's decision. 3d. Daily Dose of Truth.
https://www.facebook.com/stmartinnewsnetwork/posts/public-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Born on 27 February 1910 in Castellaneta; Italian national; Doctor of Laws (1932); practised as a lawyer until 1939; following a competition, joined the State ...
https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d3_1000055679/en/civil-ser…
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“Meo, part of the Altice Portugal portfolio”
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Wikipedia and official company descriptions confirm that MEO is a brand/company under Altice Portugal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 9, 2026 ... ALTICE PORTUGAL, part of the Altice group, is the leading Portuguese telecommunications operator providing a portfolio of services across B2C, ...
https://www.worldteleport.org/members/?id=71452643
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web search NEUTRAL — MEO (formerly TMN and PTC) is a mobile and fixed telecommunications service and brand from Altice Portugal (formerly Portugal Telecom), managed by MEO ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEO_(telecommunication_company…
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web search NEUTRAL — This trajectory has been based on synergies and the diversification of the service portfolio. An example of this is MEO Energia, which is now one of the players ...
https://en.institutional.meo.pt/media/press/2024/november/al…
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“a resolution adopted by the commission in the first half of 2023, which flagged the 'high risk' of using equipment from suppliers based outside the EU, NATO or OECD for national 5G network security”
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The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing Cash Converters, Ukraine electricity, and an Indian institute), and no web results were provided for this specific claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cash Converters International Limited (colloquially known as Cashies) is an Australian ASX-listed, globally franchised retail and financial services company. The company specialises in the buying and …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electricity is an important part of energy in Ukraine. Most electricity generation is nuclear, and the system is inflexible. The bulk of Energoatom output is sold to the government's "guaranteed buyer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) is a state university located in Delhi, India. IIIT Delhi offers B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees. IIITD also offers PhD degrees …
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“The resolution applied where the legal framework of the supplier's home country allowed its government to exercise 'control, interference or pressure' over the company's activities abroad.”
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“Huawei technology had been widely used by Meo in building its 5G network”
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Multiple web results citing the business daily ECO confirm that Huawei technology was widely used by Meo in building its 5G network.
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... According to business daily ECO, Huawei technology had been widely used by Meo in building its 5G network, and the decision forced the ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/meo-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... Also according to the newspaper ECO (source in Portuguese), Huawei technology had been widely used by Meo in the development of its 5G network.
https://www.inkl.com/news/meo-seeks-eu82-million-from-state-…
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web search NEUTRAL — ... 5G and 5G-Advanced NTN. NTN with an ultra-dense VLEO constellation will ... used prior to extending its path further towards the destination. We refer ...
https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/future-technologies/ver…
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“Huawei itself had already filed administrative proceedings against the resolution with the Lisbon Administrative Court in September 2023.”
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The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are irrelevant (discussing Budapest, EU-China relations, and Canada), and no specific evidence confirming the September 2023 filing was found in the provided text.
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“In November 2023, Vodafone Portugal chief executive Luís Lopes told Expresso the commission's move was more 'aggressive' than measures applied elsewhere in the EU”
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“NOS chief executive Miguel Almeida echoed that view at the 33rd Digital Business Congress of APDC in May 2024”
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