MEO Empresas awards and distinctions

Recognition is very important to us.

The best mobile network experience

MEO stands out as the undisputed leader in 5G.

In the results of the nPerf2025 benchmark, MEO stands out as the market leader in download and upload speeds.

MEO Empresas Best Operator of the Year

Mitel honored MEO Empresas with the Best Operator of the Year award, recognizing the excellence of its services, innovation, and commitment to digital transformation. This recognition strengthens the partnership between the two companies and their ongoing commitment to creating value for customers.

MEO Empresas named Service Provider of the Year by Palo Alto

Palo Alto Networks honored MEO Empresas with the Service Provider of the Year award, recognizing its expertise in cybersecurity and its ability to provide advanced security solutions to organizations.

MEO Empresas Highest-Growth Technology Partner

MEO Empresas once again MEO Empresas the Highest Growth Partner award from Dell Technologies, recognizing the growth it has achieved and the success of the partnership. This recognition reinforces its commitment to innovation and the digital transformation of businesses.

MEO Empresas by Fortinet with the Top Performance Award in Security Operations

MEO Empresas advancement MEO Empresas Fortinet Expert Partner status reinforces its expertise in cybersecurity. This recognition reflects the teams’ commitment, the trust of customers its ambition to lead through innovation, security, and resilience.

Best MSSP in Europe in 2025

MEO was recognized in 2025 by Rapid7 as the Service Provider with the Best Management and Security in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The distinction recognizes the company's exceptional growth over the past year, the result of its ongoing commitment to innovative security solutions and excellent service.

HPE Portugal FY25 Channel Award – Service Provider of the Year

MEO Empresas recognized by HPE for excellence in the design and operation of HPE solutions. This distinction reinforces MEO Empresas position MEO Empresas a leader in cloud, infrastructure, data, and security. For customers, it is proof of confidence in MEO Empresas ability MEO Empresas support digital transformation projects with high levels of performance, reliability, and managed services.

Best Mobile Network - RootMetrics

The MEO Mobile Network was recognized for its reliability based on data from Ookla® RootMetrics® for the first half of 2025. These awards are the result of independent tests conducted under real-world conditions, which evaluate factors such as connection stability, consistent performance, and service quality over time and across the country.

Best Mobile Network Coverage - Ookla®

According to Speedtest Intelligence® data for the first and second quarter of 2024, MEO is the national operator with the best mobile network coverage in Portugal. MEO won the award for Best Mobile Coverage with a score of 77.19%, according to the Coverage Score™ - coverage metrics that describe the actual experience of using this network and the spatial extent of the verified coverage. The study, which compared the performance of the three main national operators, included more than 280,000 devices analyzed.

Best 5G Experience – nPerf

In the nPerf 2024 results, MEO stands out as the leading 5G operator, with superior performance in download and upload speeds, achieving the best results on the market (377.52 Mbps download and 47.85 Mbps upload). 5G video streaming, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted transmission. 5G latency, sharing the position of lowest latency for a more agile experience. MEO is also the only operator to simultaneously lead fixed and mobile Internet services.

Best Mobile Internet - DECO PROteste

In the first half of 2025, DECO PROteste distinguished MEO as the operator with the best mobile internet. This distinction is the result of the average results (download and upload speed, web browsing test and streaming) measured by 46,000 users of the various operators, supported by the different generations of mobile network technology, including, for the first time, 5G technology.

Largest Fibre network in Portugal

Both awards, presented by renowned organizations, are based on ongoing investment in the expansion and modernization of the Fibre network, which, with 6.4 million households, makes MEO the operator with the largest and most technologically advanced Fibre network in the country, and on the expansion of the Mobile Network’s coverage, which already provides 5G coverage to 95.8% of the population and 4G coverage to 99.96%.

Better quality of service

In 2025, MEO was once again recognized as the telecommunications operator with the fewest complaints in Portugal, having held this distinction in the domestic market for more than six consecutive years, according to ANACOM: "Vodafone accounted for 33% of complaints in the sector, remaining the operator with the most complaints in 2025, with 7.67 complaints per thousand customers. MEO was the provider with the lowest number of complaints in the sector (3.98 complaints per thousand customers). NOS recorded 6.15 complaints per thousand customers NOWO recordedNOWO .NOWO complaints per thousand customers."

Superbrands 2025

MEO was once again distinguished as a Superbrand in 2025, achieving its 9th distinction in Portugal. This recognition is the result of a consumer study carried out at the beginning of the year, the results of which were disclosed individually to the brands identified between March and September. The official announcement of the Superbrands 2025 will take place at the Superbrands Gala on October 28. Over the years, MEO has consolidated its position as a reference brand, reflecting the trust and preference of Portuguese consumers.

Best Shop and Online Store in Portugal 2025

Consumers chose MEO Stores as the "Best Store in Portugal" and the Online Store as the "Best Online Store", both in the "Telecommunications" category. Criteria were analised such as: selection, usefulness and provision of services, knowledge and provision of information, ease of purchase, price, appearance and the extent to which they would recommend the store to their family and friends.

Acronis Service Provider of the Year 2024

MEO Empresas won the Acronis Service Provider of the Year award in Southern Europe for the success of its Cloud Security and Cloud Security Pack solutions, which use the Acronis platform at the MEO Data Center in Covilhã to back up and protect data, equipment and applications.

MEO Empresas once again distinguished by Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2024 and 2023

MEO Empresas has once again received the Service Provider of the Year 2024 award from HPE Portugal, after winning the Best Service Provider award from Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Southern Europe 2023.
This recognition is given to partners who best embody the partnership-first value and who are most committed to producing the best results for customers , facilitating the digital transformation process and fostering their growth potential in Private or Hybrid Cloud solutions.

MEO Empresas distinguished by HPE Aruba Networking 2024

MEO Empresas recognized as Service Provider of the Year by HPE Aruba Networking in the EMEA region. This prestigious award highlights MEO Empresas excellence and commitment MEO Empresas providing high-quality solutions and services to its customers.
This award recognizes partners who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and excellence in various areas of activity. MEO Empresas for its exceptional performance, commitment to innovation, and dedication to providing world-class network solutions.

MEO was chosen by the majority of Portuguese

The largest network in Portugal: 6.3 million homes and businesses with the best Fibre, coverage in 96% of the country with 5G and the fastest Fibre on the market.

Reputation Award 2024

MEO is the telecommunications brand with the best reputation in Portugal for the 2nd consecutive year, as a result of its excellence both inside and outside the home. The "Brand Reputation" study by consultancy firm OnStrategy audited more than 2,000 brands from 70 sectors of activity throughout the year and which were previously identified spontaneously by more than 50,000 citizens.

Recommended Brand 2024

MEO Energia and SAPO were awarded the title of "Marca Recomendada" (recommended brand) of the year 2024 by Portuguese customers for having the best Satisfaction Index performance. Title awarded by Portal da Queixa.

Best mobile network in Lisbon

MEO has been officially recognized by umlaut as the national operator with the best network in Lisbon, according to the 2024 "Audit Report, Portugal Lisboa". The assessment covered the experience of using voice and mobile data services from all networks (2G/4G/5G) in the city's three main operators. This result is even more valuable given the city's urban density and orography.

Best Shop and Online Store in Portugal 2024

Consumers chose MEO Stores as the "Best Store in Portugal" and the Online Store as the "Best Online Store", both in the "Telecommunications" category. Criteria were analised such as: selection, usefulness and provision of services, knowledge and provision of information, ease of purchase, price, appearance and the extent to which they would recommend the store to their family and friends.

Best telecommunications operator 2024

MEO was the winner in the Telecommunications category of the Marketeer Award, the competition that recognises brands that make a difference in Portugal.

We are No. 1

MEO Energia achieved the highest satisfaction rating in a DECO PROteste survey.

Superbrands 2023

MEO and SAPO were chosen by consumers and Superbrands as Brands of Excellence 2023. Divided into three distinct categories - General Brands, Corporate Brands and National Brands - the selection of the brands was the result of a careful evaluation that combines the spontaneous reference of consumers with the vision of the Superbrands Council, made up of 15 experts representing various sectors.

Five Star Awards 2023

For the 6th consecutive year, MEO won the Five Star award in the Unlocked Smartphones category, for the 2nd time the Electricity award with MEO Energia and the best TV App with the new MEO Go App.

Escolha do Consumidor 2023

Portuguese consumers chose MEO in the 5G category.

Marca Recomendada 2023

MEO received the title of "Recommended Brand" of the year 2023 by Portuguese consumers for having the best Satisfaction Index performance. Title awarded by the Complaint Portal.

MEO Empresas Recognised by HPE Aruba Networking for Excellence

MEO Empresas is proud to announce that it has been recognised as Service Provider of the Year by HPE Aruba Networking in the EMEA region. This prestigious award highlights MEO Empresas 's excellence and commitment to providing high quality network solutions and services to its customers.

The award was presented during HPE Aruba Networking's annual awards ceremony, which recognises partners who have demonstrated leadership, innovation and excellence in their various areas of expertise. MEO Empresas was selected from a group of renowned competitors, standing out for their exceptional performance, commitment to innovation and dedication to providing world-class networking solutions.

This recognition is a testament to the professionalism of the entire MEO Empresas team in providing the best networking solutions and services to our customers. We are committed to continuing to drive innovation and excellence in everything we do.

The partnership between MEO Empresas and HPE Aruba has been instrumental in driving digital transformation through innovative network solutions. With a wide range of state-of-the-art network products and services, MEO has helped companies and organisations achieve their business goals and meet the connectivity challenges of the digital age.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Confers Repeated Distinction to MEO Empresas

MEO Empresas is proud to announce that it has once again received HPE Portugal's Service Provider of the Year 2023 award, announced during the ceremony at the HPE Partner Summit 2024. This recognition is awarded to the partners who best embody the partnership-first value and who are most committed to delivering the best results for the shared customers , facilitating the digital transformation process and fostering its growth potential.
This distinction awarded to MEO Empresas is the result of the growing commitment to solutions based on Private Cloud or Hybrid Cloud models, where HPE's GreenLake as-a-service solutions are a key component, as they allow dedicated solutions to be built for MEO Customers Empresas , based on a consumption model based on use, and which also include the flexibility, elasticity and growth capacity associated with Public Cloud models. Based on HPE's GreenLake model, MEO Empresas builds turnkey Private Cloud or Hybrid Cloud solutions, adding hosting in certified Datacenters with high availability, as well as other complementary components, ranging from redundant connectivity to backup services and advanced security. This entire ecosystem is managed and ensured by MEO Empresas's specialised Managed Services technical teams. In this way, customers is offered high-performance, fully secure, low-latency solutions that can be fully managed by MEO Empresas.

Being recognised as the HPE Portugal FY23 Service Provider Channel of the Year is a testament to our ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation in Private Cloud or Hybrid Cloud services and solutions.

MEO Empresas has been a driving force in the digital transformation in Portugal, taking advantage of HPE's advanced solutions to offer robust connectivity, reliable network and computing services. This strategic partnership has allowed MEO Empresas to maintain a leading position in the sector, providing solutions adapted to growing needs in a constantly evolving technological landscape.

MEO Empresas by Fortinet with the Top Performance Award in Security Operations

This recognition, along with MEO Empresas advancement MEO Empresas status of Fortinet Expert Partner, further strengthens a partnership built on expertise, technical excellence, and delivery capabilities. 

As we accelerate our transformation into a Techco, cybersecurity is playing an increasingly central role—both from a technological standpoint and as a factor in building trust, ensuring business continuity, and creating value. 

This recognition thus reflects the commitment of our teams, the trust of our customers our ambition to continue leading through innovation, security, and resilience.

MEO Empresas Highest-Growth Technology Partner

MEO Empresas once again honored by Dell Technologies with the Highest Growth Partner award, a recognition that highlights the growth achieved and the success of the partnership. 

This award reflects MEO Empresas commitment MEO Empresas providing its customers with innovative technology customers , reinforcing its position as a leading partner in the digital transformation of organizations.

MEO Empresas Best Operator of the Year

Mitel honored MEO Empresas with the Best Operator of the Year award, recognizing the excellence of its services, its innovation, and its commitment to digital transformation in Portugal.

With a robust product portfolio, extensive coverage, and a strong focus on business solutions, MEO Empresas is now a leading Mitel partner.

This recognition reflects the success of the partnership between the two companies and their shared commitment to creating value and providing the best solutions to customers.

MEO Empresas named Service Provider of the Year by Palo Alto

Palo Alto Networks honored MEO Empresas with the Service Provider of the Year award, recognizing our work in the field of cybersecurity.

This distinction reflects a strong partnership and our ability to provide advanced security solutions, supporting organizations in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

More than just an award, it is recognition of the experience and role of MEO Empresas as a leader in cybersecurity and managed services in Portugal.