MAP > Internet Providers in Spain

Spain’s telecom market has grown to become among the largest that you will find in Europe, supported by the population of over 46 million. Poor economic climate that followed GFC in the year 2008-09 got to be exacerbated by the high unemployment as well as the reduced disposable income among the consumer. The five year, together with the falling GDP, effectively got to end in the year 2014, when economy displayed a very steady return to growth, and this has gone and been sustained since then, with a growing confidence among the investors going on to be palpable since the year 2015, The revenue from telecom sector has been able to grow since the year 2016 in line with overall economic receiver. An improved business climate must augur well for this sector in the year 2019.

Well, Mobile penetration is on the par with European average, and there has remained some room for further development, and this is in particular in mobile broadband segment, which has been supported by the continuing investment in the infrastructure among the operators, with the particular emphasis on the 5G. There has been an effective competition, combined with the regulated roaming and the mobile termination rates, which has driven down the cost of the mobile calls. The market has been able to enjoy some changes in the recent years, and this is including the acquisition of the Yoigo by the Masmovil, by which latter has gone on and risen to become the full-service provider.

Vodafone Spain and Orange Spain have gone on and acquired the fixed-line operators in the bid to be able to compete in a more effective manner with the Telefonica in the bundled service offerings. The Masmovil, which has been operating under Yoigo banner, has grown on to become one of the major FttP providers in this country. Through network infrastructure that it owns and the network share segments agreements with Orange Spain, Vodafone Spain, and the Telefonica. In the most recent quarters, the Spain’s broadband market is shifting from the copper to fiber infrastructure. By mid-2018, fiber accounted for half of the fixed broadband connections. Telefonica has continued to invest heavily in the fiber infrastructure while the recent access deal with the Vodafone Spain has increased significantly latter’s footprint. The Vodafone provides the 1 GB/s service across much of the network, while in the cable sector, the company has been able to invest in the DOSCIS3.1 technology.