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Vodafone Spain sees nearly 28% YoY IoT growth

Vodafone said that over 805,000 IoT connections had been added in the first half of the year Vodafone Spain reached over 7.37 million active IoT lines as of June 30, marking a 27.7% year-on-year growth, the telco said in a release. Vodafone noted that 1.6 million...

Vodafone Spain, UPV to implement 5G SA O-RAN femtocell network

Vodafone said that this agreement aims to expand the Advanced Immersive and Holographic 5G Laboratory of the UPV in Valencia Spanish carrier Vodafone Spain announced a collaboration project with the Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications Institute (iTEAM) at the UPV University in Valencia, Spain, to focus...

Vodafone Spain plans 1,200 job cuts following acquisition by Zegona

Vodafone Spain blamed the job cuts on economic, production and organizational hardships Vodafone Spain, now owned by Zegona Communications as of a month ago, has announced job cuts totaling up to 1,198, claiming doing so will guarantee the company’s competitiveness. The company said further in a...

Vodafone Spain aims 5G to reach 82% of population by end-2024

Vodafone Spain has been recently acquired by Zegona Communications Vodafone Spain expects its 5G network to reach 82% of the Spanish population by the end of this year, the telco said in a statement. By the end of 2024, the telco’s 5G network infrastructure will reach...

Vodafone, Ericsson to jointly promote private 5G networks in Spain

Vodafone and Ericsson will organize conferences to promote private 5G networks in cities such as Vigo, Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao , Valencia, Castellón and Málaga Vodafone Business, which is the business division of Vodafone Spain, and Ericsson have announced they will jointly carry out activities...

Spain clears Vodafone acquisition by Zegona

The acquisition of Vodafone Spain is valued at EUR5 billion The Spanish government has approved the acquisition of 100% of the Vodafone Spain Group by U.K.-based investment firm Zegona Bidco, a fully owned subsidiary of Zegona Communications, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. The...

Vodafone Spain to locate O-RAN facility in its Malaga hub

Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024 Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga. The telco noted that this plan...

Vodafone Spain to reach 82% of the population with 5G this year

Vodafone Spain is expanding its 5G infra in Spain using spectrum in the 700 MHz band Spanish operator Vodafone said it is currently expanding its 5G network using the 700 MHz frequency with the aim of reaching 82% of the population and a total of...

Vodafone deploys private 5G SA network at Ford’s plant in Valencia

Vodafone said the new private 5G SA network will allow Ford to optimize its production processes Vodafone Spain has deployed a private 5G Standalone (5G SA) network that will allow Ford to optimize production processes at its Almussafes factory in Valencia. In a release, Vodafone said...

Zegona confirms talks with Vodafone to acquire its Spanish unit

Zegona is also in talks with bank for the potential financing of the Vodafone Spain acquisition U.K.-based investment firm Zegona Communications confirmed it is in discussions with U.K. telecom group Vodafone on a potential acquisition of the carrier’s Spanish business, Zegona Communications said in a...

Movistar launches 5G SA technology in Spain

Movistar initially launched 5G SA in 11 cities across the country Spanish operator Movistar, which is part of telecom group Telefonica, has launched 5G Standalone (SA) coverage in Spain. Movistar currently covers a total of 11 cities with 5G SA technology: Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Seville, Palma...

Spanish government aims to extend current spectrum licenses

The Spanish government said the consultation period on the move will remain open until June 12 Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has launched a public consultation on potentially extending the length of time that current spectrum license holders have access to radio...

Vodafone ends 2022 with over 5 million IoT connections in Spain

Vodafone Group currently connects 159 million IoT devices on over 580 networks in 190 countries Vodafone ended 2022 with over 5 million active IoT lines in Spain in the IoT segment, after adding nearly 1 million during the year. In a statement, the company noted...

Masmovil’s 5G network reaches 1,660 towns and cities in Spain

Masmovil said that 74% of the overall population in Spain was already covered by its 5G network Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in 1,660 towns and cities in 51 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the carrier...

The current state of 5G in Spain

Orange already deployed 5G services in 1,529 towns and cities in 52 provinces across Spain Spanish telcos have accelerated 5G deployments during 2022 and a further expansion of this technology is expected for 2023 with the new spectrum in the 26 GHz band recently awarded...

Spanish carriers secure additional spectrum for 5G

Telefónica, Orange and Vodafone have obtained a total of 1,800 megahertz for 5G Spanish operators Telefónica, Orange and Vodafone have secured additional spectrum to expand 5G services after the government completed a tender to award frequencies in the 26 GHz band. Telefónica secured 1 gigahertz of...

Telefónica’s 5G network reaches 83% of Spanish population

Telefónica said its 5G network provides coverage in 1,719 towns and cities across Spain Spanish telecom operator Telefónica’s 5G network currently covers 83% of the Spanish population, the telco said in a release. The operator said its 5G network provides coverage in 1,719 towns and cities...

Vodafone Spain to launch 5G FWA this month

Vodafone said its new 5G FWA offering will enable customers to have access speeds of up to 1 Gbps Spanish telco Vodafone announced it will launch 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services for homes and businesses by the end of November. The European carrier said that...

Spain launches consultation to award additional 5G spectrum

The government of Spain said that national 5G concessions will have a starting price of 7.5 million euros each 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...

Spanish telcos concentrate 5G services in large cities: Study

The study revealed that 5G coverage will only reach 3% of the country's territory next year 5G technology will cover 53% of the Spanish population in 2023, but only 3% of the country’s territory, according to a report published by Spain’s EAE Business School. The data...

Vantage Towers to upgrade Telefonica’s 5G infrastructure in Spain

Telefonica currently offers 5G coverage to over 80% of the Spanish population German telecommunications infrastructure provider Vantage Towers has signed an agreement with Spanish operator Telefonica to upgrade its 5G infrastructure in the country, the former said in its earnings statement. Vantage Towers said that the...

Spain to reach 8.6 million 5G subscribers by end-2022: report

According to Omdia, Vodafone Spain currently offers 5G in 190 municipalities across the country Spain is forecast to end 2022 with a total of 8.6 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local paper OK Diario reported, citing information from consulting firm Omdia. According to the report,...

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,...

Vodafone to expand 5G coverage in Spain via 700 MHz spectrum

Vodafone Spain announced it will start to provide 5G coverage via the 700 MHz frequency in 109 municipalities in 30 provinces progressively from today, after the telco secured 2x10 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band in July. The telco noted that this first...