NOS (Portuguese company)
| Formerly | ZON Optimus Telecomunicações |
|---|---|
| Company type | Sociedade Anónima |
| Euronext Lisbon: NOS | |
| ISIN | PTZON0AM0006 |
| Industry | Telecommunications, Media |
| Founded | 1994 (as PT Multimédia) 2007 (spin-off from Portugal Telecom) 2008 (as ZON Multimédia) 2013 (merger with Optimus Telecomunicações) 2014 (as NOS) |
| Defunct | 2007 (as PT Multimédia) 2008 (spin-off from Portugal Telecom) 2014 (as ZON Multimédia) |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
Key people | Miguel Almeida (CEO) Isabel dos Santos (non-executive administrator) |
| Products | Cable television (HFC), FTTH, broadband Internet access, landline, mobile operator, television broadcasting, film distribution, movie theater operation |
| Revenue | €1.59 billion (2019) |
| €641 million (2019) | |
| €143 million (2019) | |
| Total assets | €3.088 billion (2019) |
| Total equity | €1 billion (2019) |
Number of employees | 1,909 (2019) |
| Divisions | TVCine Sporttv |
| Subsidiaries | NOS Comunicações (100%), NOS Madeira Comunicações, S.A. (78%), NOS Açores Comunicações, S.A. (84%), NOS Audiovisuais (100%), NOS Cinemas (100%), Sport TV (25%), Dreamia (50%) and ZAP (30%) |
| Website | www |
NOS, SGPS S.A. is a Portuguese telecommunications and media company which provides mobile and fixed telephony, cable television, satellite television and internet. The company resulted from the merger in 2013 of two of the country's major telecommunications companies: Zon Multimédia (formerly known as PT Multimédia, a spun-off media arm of Portugal Telecom) and Sonae's Optimus Telecommunications,
NOS owns premium movie channels TVCine and has a 25% stake in the Sport TV television network. It also operates 6 thematic channels with Dreamia, a joint venture with AMC Networks International Southern Europe. NOS Audiovisuais (formerly ZON Lusomundo) is a home-video and cinema film distributor and operates Cinemas NOS, the largest cinema chain of Portugal.