Talk:Portugal/@comment-27186389-20190707192007/@comment-24682153-20190709084556

Can you give a source or link for NOS? I've only found MEO charging a taxa de manutenção (maintenance fee) so far. We should mention this for NOS too, if it applies.

Well, the cellcos want to make money. In Europe they are required to keep the line open for 6, 12 or more months without usage. Overseas there is often a rigid reload scheme: a top-up of # gives you the value and a certain time of service.

This is no excuse, it's rare and we should mentioned it in the article. In other EU countries the regulator prohibits this. But authorities are rather weak in Portugal against the industry.