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Spain - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Published Date August, 2022
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Spain - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Spain completes its 5G spectrum auction after an 18-month holdup

Following a lengthy Covid-19 pandemic-induced delay, Spain’s regulator proceeded with its 700MHz spectrum auction in July 2021.

All three mobile operators able to submit bids were successful, with Másmóvil electing to withdraw as it was otherwise occupied with its takeover of the Basque fixed network operator and MVNO Euskaltel.

Movistar paid slightly less than Vodafone and Orange, but it is subject to faster rollout conditions than the other two.The 5G-capable spectrum was being used for digital broadcasting, but was released for 5G use in March 2020 when broadcasters switched to a lower spectrum band.


  • Executive Summary
  • Key statistics
    • Table Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Spain – 2022 (e)
  • Regional Europe Market Comparison
    • MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
    • MARKET LEADERS
    • MARKET CHALLENGERS
    • MARKET EMERGENTS
    • TMI VERSUS GDP
    • MOBILE AND MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
    • FIXED VERSUS MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
  • Country overview
  • Telecommunications market
    • Table Telecom revenue and annual change – 2012 – 2021
    • Table Development of telecom revenue, retail, and wholesale (€billion) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Development of telecom retail revenue by sector (€billion) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Development of telecom retail revenue annual change, by sector – 2012 – 2021
  • Regulatory environment
    • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
    • REGULATORY AUTHORITY
    • FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
      • General Telecommunications Act
      • Telecom sector liberalisation
      • Interconnect
        • Table Decline in fixed interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2021
      • Access
        • Table Change in the number of subscribers by type of access (million) –2012 – 2021
        • Table Change in the number of LLU and shared access lines (thousand) –2012 – 2022
      • Number Portability (NP)
        • Table Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2012 – 2022
      • Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
      • Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)
      • European Electronic Communications Code
    • MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
      • Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
      • Roaming
      • Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
        • Table Change in the number of annual mobile number portings – 2012 – 2022
      • Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
  • Mobile market
    • Table Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2012 – 2027
    • Table Decline in mobile retail voice market revenue, annual change – 2012 – 2021
    • Table Development of mobile market revenue by sector (€million) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Mobile interconnection revenue – 2012 – 2021
    • Table Change in the number of prepaid and contract mobile subscribers (million) –2012 – 2022
    • Table Decline in mobile market revenue by contract and prepaid sectors (€million) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Change in prepaid and contract mobile voice traffic (billion minutes) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Cost per invoiced minute of use: contract, prepaid; all operators (€cents/minute) –2012 – 2021
    • OPERATOR MARKET SHARES
      • Table Mobile subscriber market share by operator – 2012 – 2022
    • MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
      • 5G
      • 4G (LTE)
        • Table Growth in Movistar’s LTE subscriber base and proportion – 2014 – 2019
      • 3G
      • Other infrastructure developments
        • Table Growth in the number of M2M lines – 2012 – 2022
      • Mobile voice
        • Table Mobile price index – 2012 – 2021
      • Mobile data
        • Table SMS and MMS revenue (€million) –2012 – 2021
        • Table SMS and MMS messages sent – 2012 – 2021
      • Mobile broadband
        • Table Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
        • Table Growth in mobile broadband traffic – 2012 – 2021
        • Table Growth in mobile broadband revenue and annual change – 2012 – 2021
        • Table Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers by operator (million) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Mobile broadband lines by type (voice and data) (million) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Mobile broadband (data only) subscribers by operator (thousand) –2014 – 2021
    • MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
      • Movistar
        • Table Change in the number of Movistar’s mobile subscribers (million) –2012 – 2022
      • Vodafone Spain
        • Table Change in the number of Vodafone Spain’s mobile subscribers and proportion prepaid – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Growth in Vodafone Spain’s mobile data traffic – 2012 – 2021
        • Table Development of Vodafone Spain’s revenue by type (new style, €million) –2015 – 2022
        • Table Development of Vodafone Spain’s mobile service and total service revenue (€million) –2015 – 2022
        • Table Decline in Vodafone Spain’s ARPU (€/ month) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Vodafone Spain customer churn – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Decline in Vodafone Spain’s mobile customer retention cost – 2012 – 2022
      • Orange Spain
        • Table Change in the number of Orange Spain’s mobile subscribers by type (million) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Orange Spain’s mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Decline in Orange Spain’s ARPU/ARPO by sector (€/ month) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Orange customer churn – 2012 – 2022
      • Másmóvil
        • Table Growth in the number of Yoigo’s mobile subscribers (thousand) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Másmóvil’s financial data (€million) –2016 – 2022
      • MVNOs
        • Table Change in the number of MVNO mobile subscribers and market share – 2012 – 2022
    • MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
      • M-commerce
  • Fixed-line broadband market
    • Table Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
    • Table Change in fixed internet market revenue – 2012 – 2021
    • Table Broadband lines by major operator (thousand) –2012 – 2022
    • Table Broadband lines by minor operator (thousand) –2012 – 2022
    • Table Share of broadband lines by operator – 2012 – 2022
    • Table Development of fixed broadband penetration by technology – 2012 – 2021
    • Table Change in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by type (million) –2012 – 2022
    • Table Annual growth of broadband subscriptions by technology – 2012 – 2022
    • Table Development of fixed broadband revenue by platform (€million) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Fixed broadband lines by data rate (new style, Mb/s) (thousand) –2016 – 2021
    • GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
    • SPAIN DIGITAL 2025
    • REGIONAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
    • REGULATORY CHANGES
    • HYBRID FIBRE COAX (HFC) NETWORKS
      • Table Cable broadband subscribers by operator (regulator data) (thousand) –2012 – 2022
      • Euskaltel Group
        • Table Development of Euskaltel’s network reach (million) –2018 – 2021
    • DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) NETWORKS
      • Table DSL subscribers by major operator (regulator data) (million) –2012 – 2022
      • Movistar
      • ADSL2+
    • FIBRE-TO-THE-PREMISES (FTTP) NETWORKS
      • Table Growth in the number of FttP subscribers, residential and business (million) –2012 – 2021
      • Regulatory initiatives
      • Movistar
        • Table Change in the number of Movistar’s retail and wholesale fibre broadband subscribers (thousand) –2012 – 2022
      • Vodafone Spain
        • Table Growth in the number of Vodafone Spain’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2022
      • Orange Spain
        • Table Change in the number of Orange Spain’s broadband subscribers by type (million) –2012 – 2022
        • Table Growth in the number of Orange’s connectable fibre premises – 2012 – 2022
        • Table Development of Orange’s broadband ARPU/ARPO – 2012 – 2022
      • Másmóvil
        • Table Growth in the number of Másmóvil’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2022
        • Table Growth in the number of Másmóvil’s accessible premises (million) –2016 – 2022
        • Table Másmóvil’s broadband subscriber share by platform – 2016 – 2021
      • Other developments
    • OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
      • Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      • Wi-Fi
      • WiMAX
        • Table Change in the number of Wi-Fi/WiMAX/LMDS subscribers – 2012 – 2021
      • Satellite broadband
      • Broadband Powerline (BPL)
  • Fixed network operators
    • Table Fixed-line subscribers, by major operator (thousand) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Fixed-line subscribers by minor operator (thousand) –2012 – 2021
    • Table Fixed-line (direct line) subscriber market share by major operator – 2012 – 2021
    • TELEFÓNICA
      • Table Development of Telefónica Group’s financial data (€billion) –2012 – 2022
      • Table Change in Telefónica de España EBITDA – 2012 – 2022
      • Table Development of Telefónica Spain’s consumer and business wireline line revenue (€million) –2015 – 2019
      • Table Change in the number of Telefónica Spain’s retail telephony and broadband access lines (thousand) –2012 – 2022
      • Table Change in the number of Telefónica Spain’s retail and wholesale access lines (thousand) –2012 – 2022
    • ORANGE SPAIN
      • Table Development of Orange Spain’s financial data (€million) –2012 – 2022
      • Table Change in the number of Orange Spain’s subscribers by sector (thousand) –2012 – 2022
      • Jazztel
    • VODAFONE SPAIN
      • Table Vodafone service revenue by type (€million) –2015 – 2022
      • Ono
    • MÁSMÓVIL
  • Telecommunications infrastructure
    • NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
      • Table Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
      • Table Decline in fixed-line revenue – 2012 – 2021
      • Table Decline in fixed line traffic – 2012 – 2021
    • NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS (NGN)
      • Table Growth in the number of NGN installed lines by access type (million) –2012 – 2021
      • Table Growth in the number of NGN lines in service by access type (thousand) –2012 – 2021
    • INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
      • Satellite networks
      • Submarine cable
    • SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
      • e-health
  • Appendix – Historic data
    • MOBILE
      • Table Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile retail market revenue and annual change – 2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile market revenue by sector (€million) –2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - M2M lines – 2004 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile subscribers: prepaid, contract (million) –2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile market revenue by contract and prepaid sectors (€million) –2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Annual mobile number portings – 2002 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile traffic prepaid and contract in minutes (billion minutes) –2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile subscribers by technology platform (thousand) –2002 – 2014
      • Table Historic - Mobile subscriber market share by operator – 2004 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile interconnection revenue – 2003 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Base stations in service, by technology – 2001 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Mobile termination rates by operator – 2007 – 2013
      • Table Historic - MVNO mobile subscribers and market share – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Cost per invoiced minute of use: contract, prepaid; all operators (€cents/minute) –2001 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Mobile broadband revenue and annual change – 2003 – 2011
    • BROADBAND
      • Table Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers – 2005 – 2013
      • Table Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Fixed broadband lines by data rate (old style) (million) –2004 – 2016
      • Table Historic - DSL and cable broadband subscribers (million) –2001 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Broadband revenue by platform (€million) –2003 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Broadband traffic – 2011 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Satellite broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Movistar ARPU (€/month) –2005 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Internet market revenue – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - DSL subscribers by minor operator – 2009 – 2016
    • FIXED
      • Table Historic - Telecom revenue, retail, and wholesale (€billion) –2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Change in the number of fixed number portings – 2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telecom revenue annual change – 2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telecom retail revenue by sector (€billion) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telecom retail revenue annual change, by sector – 2002 – 2009
      • Table Historic - Fixed-line traffic – 2000 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Subscribers by type of access (million) –2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Fixed-line revenue – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Fixed lines in service and penetration – 2003 – 2011
    • COMPANIES
      • Table Historic - Movistar mobile financial data (€million) –2006 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Movistar’s fixed internet subscribers (thousand) –2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Movistar fibre (Fusión) broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2019
      • Table Historic - Movistar mobile subscribers (million) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telefónica Group financial data (€billion) –2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telefónica de España access lines by service (thousand) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Vodafone revenue by type (old style) (GBP million)(Year to March) –2007 – 2013
      • Table Historic - Vodafone ARPU – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Vodafone mobile subscribers and proportion prepaid – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Vodafone mobile voice traffic statistics – 2006 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Orange ARPU by sector (annual rolling)(€ /month) –2005 – 2014
      • Table Historic - Orange Spain subscribers by sector (thousand) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Orange Spain customer churn – 2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Orange mobile customer acquisition costs – 2007 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Development of Orange Spain’s financial data (€million) –2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Orange mobile service revenue – 2006 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Orange mobile subscribers prepaid and contract (million) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Yoigo financial data (SEK million) –2008 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Yoigo mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Fixed-line price index (old style) –2004 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Fixed-line price index (new style) –2010 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Telefónica de España revenue by type (old style) (€billion) –2007 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Telefónica de España fixed-line revenue by sector (historic) (€million) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Telefónica de España wireline line revenue by type (€million) –2011 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Movistar wholesale broadband accesses by sector (Spain, old style) (thousand) –2005 – 2014
      • Table Historic - Jazztel financial data (historic) (€million) –2009 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Jazztel revenue by sector (historic, new style) (€million) –2012 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Jazztel broadband and mobile subscribers (million) –2008 – 2015
      • Table Historic - Vodafone revenue by type (£million, old style) –2013 – 2016
      • Table Historic - Carrier PreSelection lines – 2006 – 2017
      • Table Historic - SMS and MMS revenue (€million) –2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - SMS and MMS messages sent – 2005 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Vodafone Spain customer churn – 2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Growth in the number of Yoigo’s mobile subscribers (thousand) –2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Cable broadband subscribers by operator (regulator data) (thousand) –2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Growth in the number of Euskaltel’s broadband subscribers – 2007 – 2010
      • Table Historic - Growth in the number of FttP subscribers, residential and business – 2008 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Change in the number of Wi-Fi/WiMAX/LMDS subscribers – 2007 – 2011
      • Table Historic - Decline in Telefónica de España EBITDA – 2007 – 2011
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