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Vodafone Spain could benefit from Orange-Masmovil merger: report

Vodafone Spain's CEO said that previous periods of consolidations had been positive for the domestic mobile telephony market The potential merger of Spanish carriers Orange and Masmovil will represent a big opportunity for Vodafone Spain, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported Vodafone Spain’s CEO, Colman Deegan,...

Orange, Masmovil start negotiations to merger their operations in Spain

Orange noted that the transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2023 Spanish operators Orange and Masmovil have announced the start of exclusive negotiations to merger their operations in the country. In a release, Orange said that each carrier will own 50%...

Orange’s 5G network reaches 840 cities across Spain

Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 840 towns and cities in 38 provinces across the country, the carrier said in a statement. According to the European operator, its 5G network infrastructure already reaches 58.6% of the Spanish population. Orange had said it expects...

Orange announces 700 MHz 5G deployment in Spain

Spanish operator Orange announced what it claims to be the largest deployment of 5G in the 700 MHz band in Spain. The European carrier said it will offer this technology progressively over the course of 2022 in more than 1,100 towns and cities, 820 of...

The current state of 5G in Spain

Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployments during 2021 and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of 5G deployments by Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone and...

Spanish government starts process to award additional 5G spectrum in 2022

Spain planning to open up mmWave 5G with 26 GHz band assignments The Spanish government has kicked off the process to auction more spectrum for 5G mobile services in the country. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation recently published a public consultation on the...

Orange Spain ends September with over 620,000 5G customers

Spanish operator Orange ended September with over 620,000 subscribers in the 5G segment, local newspaper El Espanol reported. This figure represents 3.8% of the company’s overall mobile base, which currently reaches 16.29 million. According to the report, the telco aims to continue expanding its 5G network...

Spain to award 26 GHz band at the beginning of 2022 at the latest: report

The Spanish government aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz band for the provision of 5G between the end of 2021 and the beginning of next year, Europa Press reported, citing remarks from the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Intelligent Infrastructures, Roberto...

Masmovil 5G network reaches 553 towns and cities across Spain

Masmovil is using 3.5 GHz for its 5G offering Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in 553 towns and cities in 39 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the company said in a release. The carrier’s 5G service is...

Spanish government raises $1.3 billion in 700 MHz spectrum auction

The Spanish government raised a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in the 700 MHz spectrum auction, with local operators Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange securing these key frequencies to expand 5G services. The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs detailed that the government raised around...

Spanish telco Telefonica confirms participation in upcoming 700MHz tender

Spanish carrier Telefónica confirmed that it will participate in the auction of the 700 MHz band for 5G, which will be held next week. Joaquín Mata, Director of Operations, Network and IT at Telefónica Spain, said: “Telefónica has a clear commitment to the development of...

Masmovil’s 5G network reaches 435 Spanish cities

Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is already offering its 5G service in over 435 towns and cities in 39 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the carrier said in a release. The operator said that its 5G service currently reaches nearly 44%...

Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange to take part in Spain’s 5G auction

The Spanish government said it has received requests from telecommunications operators Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange to participate in the upcoming auction of 700MHz frequencies. In the auction, a total of 75 MHz divided into 60 MHz for upstream and downstream communications, and 15MHz for downstream...

Ericsson signs 5G SA deal with Spanish telco Masmovil

Swedish vendor Ericsson has signed a new deal with Spanish operator Masmovil to upgrade the latter’s 5G network with 5G Standalone technology. In a release, the European vendor said that this new core network transformation project includes Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core, Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure,...

Orange reaches 442 towns and cities across Spain with 5G

Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 442 towns and cities in 48 provinces across the country, the carrier said in a statement. According to the European operator, its 5G network infrastructure already reaches 28% of the Spanish population. Orange had said it expects...

Telefónica’s 5G network already reaches 80% of the Spanish population

Spanish operator Telefónica has extended the coverage of its 5G network to over 80% of the country’s population as of the end of the first quarter of 2021, having installed more than 4,300 nodes that offers coverage to more than 37 million inhabitants. In a...

Vodafone’s 5G network already reaches 25 Spanish cities

Vodafone Spain has activated its 5G network in a total of 25 cities across the country, the telco said in a release. The telco said that it has recently launched the technology in Toledo, Castellón de la Plana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and  Las Palmas...

Orange’s 5G network reaches nearly 300 Spanish cities

Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 298 towns and cities in 38 provinces across the country, the telco said in a statement. According to the telco, 5G coverage already reaches 23% of the Spanish population. Orange said it expects its 5G network to...

Telefonica, Orange secure additional 5G spectrum in Spain

The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced it has awarded the remaining two 10-megahertz blocks of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to local carriers Orange and Telefonica. The Spanish government had awarded frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band in two previous...

Orange’s 5G network to reach 90% of Spanish population by 2022: report

Orange Spain expects its 5G network to reach 90% of the population by 2022, Spanish news site Xataka Movil reported. The operator announced the plans in a press conference following the publication of its fourth-quarter results, in which the telco revealed that it already offers...

Orange’s 5G network reaches 121 Spanish cities

Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 121 towns and cities in 39 provinces across the country, according to local press reports. Some of the cities covered by Orange’s non-standalone (NSA) 5G network include Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, Logroño, Leon, Santander,...

Telefonica’s 5G infra reaches 80% of Spanish population

Spanish operator Telefonica’s 5G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, local press reported. The operator’s goal was to provide 5G coverage to 75% of the Spanish population by the end of 2020. Telefonica currently offers 5G connectivity to approximately 1,300 towns and cities across...

The current state of 5G in Spain

Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployment plans over the last months and all carriers already offer 5G in the country's main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of 5G deployments by Telefonica,...

Telefonica’s 5G network reaches 76% of Spanish population

Spanish operator Telefonica has already reached its 5G coverage goals for the year and now provides this technology in over 1,200 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release. Telefonica said that its 5G network infrastructure currently covers 76% of the...