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Orange Spain speeds up 5G deployment

Orange Spain is speeding up the deployment of 5G with coverage of 442 cities, from 38 provinces – using 5G NSA via DSS – covering 28 per cent of the Spanish population. The company plans to reach a 90 per cent coverage in 2022 and is getting ready for the forthcoming 700 MHz public auction […]

May 5, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

MásMóvil sells rural FTTH network to Onivia

MásMóvil, the fourth largest telco in Spain, has sold part of its rural FTTH network to local operator Onivia in an attempt to raise funds to complete Euskaltel’s acquisition. The company received around €400 million for the network that covers 1.1 million households. With the acquisition, for its part, Onivia doubles its presence in Spain […]

May 4, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Atresmedia profits fall 7.5% in Q1

The pandemic-fuelled ad crisis has taken its toll on Spanish TV group Atresmedia which has seen its profit fall by 7.5 per cent in the first quarter to €20.1 million. Total revenues amounted to €204 million, down 8.7 per cent on the same period last year. Atresmedia’s EBITDA fell by 3.6 per cent to €34.6 […]

April 30, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain doubles 5G licences to 40 years

The Spanish governemnt has revealed it will double the duration of radio frequency licences, including for 5G networks, to 40 years in future auctions. The change in legislation comes in order to allow telcos and investors better visibility on their investment in the heavily indebted sector, which requires high levels of spending to build infrastructure […]

April 27, 2021

Orange Spain Q1 revenues down 7.4%

Tough market competition, along with low cost offers and promotions, have driven Orange Spain to experience a 7.4 per cent fall in its revenues to €1.1 billion in the first quarter of the year. In retail services, the fall was even worse, with a 10.2 per cent decline to €818 million. ARPU in convergent packages […]

April 22, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Mediaset, Google HbbTV ad deal

Mediaset Spain and Google have signed an agreement to create an adserver that gathers together all metrics, data and cross-media segmentation in one single platform to easily manage digital advertising on all devices – above all connected TV and HbbTV. With the deal, Mediaset will have a unified inventory that will enable it to develop […]

April 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Mediapro revenues in freefall

Spanish TV group Mediapro saw its revenues fall by 38 per cent to €1.1 billion in 2020, with a negative EBITDA of €215 million versus €224 in the green the previous year. The company, controlled by Chinese Fund Orient Hontai Capital, said that the suspension and stagnation of its activities due to the pandemic is […]

April 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Telefónica 5G reaches 80% coverage

Telefónica is speeding up its 5G deployment, achieving coverage of 80 per cent  of Spain at the end of the first quarter of the year – reaching over 37 million inhabitants and 1,253 municipalities in the country. The company is deploying 5G NSA (Non Stand Alone) and DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing) networks at the present […]

April 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: FTTH reaches 11.7m lines

FTTH continues its rapid expansion in Spain adding 107,651 lines in February to reach a total of 11.7 million lines. In one year, the FTTH market has gained 1.3 million lines, according to latest CNMC data, versus a 0.7 million loss of DSL lines. Overall, 81.8 per cent of FTTH lines belonged to the three […]

April 16, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spanish telcos criticise TV tax regime

During the Wake Up! Spain forum, Orange and Vodafone, the second and the third telco operators in the country, have asked the Administration to clarify the 5G regulation, reduce the price of 5G licences and alleviate the local taxes. “Spain is one of the countries with the least return of investment in Europe and this […]

April 13, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid