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Nowo

NOWO (pronounced "novo", meaning 'new') is a Portuguese telecommunications company. It is one of the four triple play operators in Portugal along with MEO, NOS and Vodafone. NOWO belongs to the Romanian company Digi Communications. NOWO has mobile, 4G and wired telecommunication. It has a fiber optic network of around 14,000 km (~8,700 mi), covering more than 70 municipalities and 200 parishes in Portugal.

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Article summary

NOWO (pronounced "novo", meaning 'new') is a Portuguese telecommunications company. It is one of the four triple play operators in Portugal along with MEO, NOS and Vodafone. NOWO belongs to the Romanian company Digi Communications. NOWO has mobile, 4G and wired telecommunication. It has a fiber optic network of around 14,000 km (~8,700 mi), covering more than 70 municipalities and 200 parishes in Portugal.

Key claims

  1. date of formation: 1993-09-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of formation: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1993-09-27". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of formation is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357084427

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