NOS (Portuguese company)

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NOS, SGPS S.A.

Formerly	ZON Optimus Telecomunicações
Company type	Sociedade Anónima
Traded as	Euronext Lisbon: NOS
ISIN	PTZON0AM0006
Industry	Telecommunications, Media
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994) (as PT Multimédia) 2007; 18 years ago (2007) (spin-off from Portugal Telecom) 2008; 17 years ago (2008) (as ZON Multimédia) 2013; 12 years ago (2013) (merger with Optimus Telecomunicações) 2014; 11 years ago (2014) (as NOS)
Defunct	2007; 18 years ago (2007) (as PT Multimédia) 2008; 17 years ago (2008) (spin-off from Portugal Telecom) 2014; 11 years ago (2014) (as ZON Mutimédia)
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)[1]
Operating income	€641 million (2019)[1]
Net income	€143 million (2019)[1]
Total assets	€3.088 billion (2019)[1]
Total equity	€1 billion (2019)[1]
Number of employees	1,909 (2019)[1]
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.pt

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.^[2]

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.