Spain - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Spain’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE, 5G).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- October 2018 (17th Edition)

Executive Summary

Spain’s telcos sign more fibre sharing agreements

Spain’s telecom market is one of the largest in Europe, supported by a population of more than 46 million. The poor economic climate which followed the GFC in 2008/9 was exacerbated by high unemployment and reduced disposable income among consumers. A five-year recession, with falling GDP, effectively ended in 2014 when the economy showed a steady return to growth and this has been sustained since then: growing confidence among investors has been palpable since 2015. Revenue from the telecom sector has grown since 2016 in line with the overall economic recovery. The improved business climate should augur well for the sector into 2019.

Mobile penetration is on a par with the European average and there remains room for further growth, particularly in the mobile broadband segment which has been supported by continuing investment in infrastructure among operators, with a particular emphasis on 5G. There is effective competition from four MNOs and a growing number of resellers and MVNOs. This competition, together with regulated roaming and mobile termination rates, has driven down the cost of mobile calls. The market has seen considerable changes in recent years, including the acquisition of Yoigo by Másmóvil, by which the latter has become a full-service provider.

Orange Spain and Vodafone Spain have acquired fixed-line operators in a bid to compete more effectively with Telefónica in bundled service offerings. Másmóvil, operating under the Yoigo banner, has also become one of the main FttP providers in the country through its own network infrastructure as well as through network share agreements with Telefónica, Vodafone Spain and Orange Spain.

In recent quarters Spain’s broadband market has shifted from copper to fibre infrastructure. By mid-2018 fibre accounted for half of all fixed broadband connections. Telefónica continues to invest heavily in fibre infrastructure while its recent access deal with Vodafone Spain has significantly increased the latter’s footprint. Vodafone offers a 1Gb/s service across much of its network, while in the cable sector the company has also invested in DOSCIS3.1 technology.

This report on the Spanish telecom market provides sector statistics and profiles of the main players, as also an analysis on the main regulatory issues. The report also examines the fixed and wireless broadband markets, noting developments in technologies including fibre and broadband powerline. In addition the report covers statistics and analyses on the mobile voice and data sectors, including an appraisal of regulatory issues and technologies, and the strategies of the major providers in a fiercely competitive market.

Key developments:

Regulator concludes 3.7GHz spectrum auction;
Telefónica joins the 5G Technological Cities project;
Orange Spain teams up with Ericsson to trial 5G;
Vodafone Spain launches Spain's first NB-IoT network;
Vodafone Spain contracts Huawei to upgrade its HFC network with DOCSIS3.1, launches a 1Gb/s broadband service to four million premises;
Regulator sets pricing for competitors to access Telefónica's fibre network;
Fibre broadband accounting for 50% of all fixed-line broadband connections;
Report update includes the regulator's market data updates to June 2018, telcos' operating and financial data to Q2 2018, recent market developments

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telefónica (Movistar), Orange Spain, Vodafone Spain, Lebara, Lycamobile, Másmóvil, YouMobile, Ono, Jazztel

Henry Lancaster
October 2018

Table of Contents

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Recent developments
Market overview

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
General Telecommunications Act
Telecom sector liberalisation
Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
Wholesale Line Rental (WLR)

Fixed network operators

Introduction
Telefónica
Orange Spain

Jazztel

Vodafone España

Másmóvil

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
Next Generation Networks (NGN)
International infrastructure

Satellite networks
Submarine cable

Smart Infrastructure

Smart Cities – Barcelona

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Market analysis
Government initiatives
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers 2019; 2021; 2023

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Movistar
ADSL2+

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Regulatory issues
Fibre market
Movista
Vodafone Spain
Orange Spain
Other developments

Other fixed broadband services

Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
Wi-Fi
WiMAX
Satellite broadband
Broadband Powerline (BPL)

Videostreaming

Digital economy

E-commerce

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Operator market shares
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs)

Mobile infrastructure

5G
4G (LTE)
3G
Other infrastructure developments

Major mobile operators

Movistar
Vodafone Spain
Orange Spain
Yoigo (Másmóvil)
MVNOs

Mobile content and applications

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Spain – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Telecom revenue, retail and wholesale – 2000 – 2017
Table 3 – Telecom revenue annual change – 2000 – 2017
Table 4 – Telecom retail revenue by sector – 2005 – 2017
Table 5 – Telecom retail revenue annual change, by sector – 2002 – 2017
Table 6 – Telecom investment and annual change – 2000 – 2015
Table 7 – Interconnection revenue – 2005 – 2017
Table 8 – Subscribers by type of access – 2006 – 2017
Table 9 – Fixed number portings – 2007 – 2018
Table 10 – Carrier PreSelection lines – 2006 – 2017
Table 11 – Fixed-line subscribers, by major operator – 2009 – 2017
Table 12 – Fixed-line subscribers by minor operator – 2009 – 2017
Table 13 – Fixed-lines in service by major operator – 2013 – 2017
Table 14 – Fixed-line (direct line) subscriber market share by major operator – 2010 – 2017
Table 15 – Fixed-line price index (old style) – 2004 – 2011
Table 16 – Fixed-line price index (new style) – 2010 – 2016
Table 17 – Fixed-line revenue – 2006 – 2017
Table 18 – Telefónica Group financial data – 2006 – 2018
Table 19 – Telefónica de España EBITDA – 2007 – 2018
Table 20 – Telefónica de España revenue by type (old style) – 2007 – 2015
Table 21 – Telefónica de España fixed-line revenue by sector (historic) – 2005 – 2011
Table 22 – Telefónica de España wireline line revenue by type – 2011 – 2015
Table 23 – Telefónica de España consumer and business wireline line revenue – 2015 – 2018
Table 24 – Telefónica de España access lines by service – 2005 – 2018
Table 25 – Movistar wholesale broadband accesses by sector (Spain, old style) – 2005 – 2014
Table 26 – Movistar wholesale broadband accesses (new style) – 2014 – 2018
Table 27 – Orange subscribers by sector – 2005 – 2018
Table 28 – Orange EBITDA, capex – 2007 – 2018
Table 29 – Orange revenue – 2007 – 2018
Table 30 – Jazztel financial data (historic) – 2008 – 2015
Table 31 – Jazztel revenue by sector (historic, new style) – 2012 – 2015
Table 32 – JAZZTEL broadband and mobile subscribers (historic) – 2008 – 2015
Table 33 – Vodafone financial data (old style) – 2008 – 2012
Table 34 – Vodafone revenue by type (£, new style) – 2013 – 2017
Table 35 – Vodafone revenue by type (€) – 2013 – 2018
Table 36 – Ono financial data by sector (historic) – 2006 – 2014
Table 37 – Ono RGUs by sector (historic) – 2006 – 2014
Table 38 – Fixed-line traffic – 2000 – 2017
Table 39 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 2003 – 2018
Table 40 – NGN installed lines by access type – 2009 – 2017
Table 41 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 – 2009
Table 42 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 – 2018
Table 43 – Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers – 2005 – 2013
Table 44 – Total broadband subscribers, DSL, cable, fibre, total – 2001 – 2018
Table 45 – Fixed-line broadband penetration – 2001 – 2018
Table 46 – Annual growth of broadband subscriptions by technology – 2004 – 2018
Table 47 – Fixed broadband lines by data rate (old style) – 2004 – 2016
Table 48 – Fixed broadband lines by data rate (new style, Mb/s) – 2016 – 2017
Table 49 – Broadband lines by major operator – 2010 – 2018
Table 50 – Broadband lines by minor operator – 2010 – 2018
Table 51 – Share of broadband lines by operator – 2009 – 2018
Table 52 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 – 2017
Table 53 – Total internet market revenue – 2006 – 2017
Table 54 – Broadband revenue by platform – 2003 – 2017
Table 55 – Broadband traffic – 2011 – 2015
Table 56 – Forecast broadband subscribers –– 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 57 – Cable broadband subscribers by operator (regulator data) – 2007 – 2018
Table 58 – DSL subscribers by major operator (regulator data) – 2009 – 2018
Table 59 – DSL subscribers by minor operator – 2009 – 2016
Table 60 –DSL subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 61 – Movistar internet subscribers – 2006 – 2018
Table 62 – Movistar wholesale broadband accesses by sector – 2005 – 2018
Table 63 – FttP subscribers, consumers and business – 2008 – 2017
Table 64 – FttP lines by operator – 2009 – 2018
Table 65 – FttX lines installed – 2009 – 2014
Table 66 – Másmóvil broadband accessible premises – 2016 – 2018
Table 67 – Másmóvil broadband subscriber share by platform – 2016 – 2018
Table 68 – Másmóvil broadband subscribers – 2016 – 2018
Table 69 – Movistar fibre (Fusión) broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2018
Table 70 – Movistar wholesale fibre connections – 2016 – 2018
Table 71 – Vodafone Spain broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2018
Table 72 – Orange Spain broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2018
Table 73 – Orange Spain broadband ARPU/ARPO – 2012 – 2018
Table 74 – Orange Spain connectable fibre premises – 2016 – 2018
Table 75 – Wi-Fi/WiMAX/LMDS subscribers – 2007 – 2017
Table 76 – Satellite broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2015
Table 77 – IPTV revenue – 2005 – 2017
Table 78 –IPTV subscribers – 2005 – 2017
Table 79 – Telefónica IPTV/satellite pay-TV subscribers – 2008 – 2018
Table 80 – Orange IPTV subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 81 – E-commerce revenue – 2014 – 2016
Table 82 – E-commerce transactions – 2011 – 2016
Table 83 – Proportion of businesses with a website – 2003 – 2018
Table 84 – Mobile retail market revenue and annual change– 2000 – 2018
Table 85 – Mobile market revenue by sector – 2006 – 2017
Table 86 – Mobile market revenue by contract and prepaid sectors – 2000 – 2017
Table 87 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1997; 1999 – 2009
Table 88 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 – 2019
Table 89 – Mobile price index – 2009 – 2016
Table 90 – Cost per invoiced minute of use: contract, prepaid; all operators – 2001 – 2016
Table 91 – Mobile subscribers by technology platform – 2002 – 2014
Table 92 – Mobile subscribers: prepaid, contract – 2006 – 2018
Table 93 – Base stations in service, by technology – 2001 – 2015
Table 94 – Mobile subscriber market share by operator – 2004 – 2018
Table 95 – Mobile traffic prepaid and contract in minutes – 2000 – 2017
Table 96 – SMS revenue and messages sent – 2005 – 2017
Table 97 – MMS revenue and messages sent – 2004 – 2017
Table 98 – Mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2010 – 2018
Table 99 – Mobile broadband (data only) subscribers by operator – 2014 – 2017
Table 100 – Mobile broadband lines by type (voice and data) – 2011 – 2018
Table 101 – Mobile broadband penetration – 2011 – 2018
Table 102 – Mobile broadband traffic – 2012 – 2017
Table 103 – Mobile broadband revenue and annual change – 2003 – 2017
Table 104 – Cost of mobile broadband services – 2012 – 2016
Table 105 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 106 – European data roaming charges – 2014 – 2017
Table 107 – Annual number portings – 2002 – 2018
Table 108 – Mobile interconnection revenue – 2003 – 2014
Table 109 – Mobile termination rates by operator – 2007 – 2013
Table 110 – Movistar LTE subscribers and penetration – 2014 – 2018
Table 111 – M2M lines – 2004 – 2018
Table 112 – Movistar mobile subscribers – 2005 – 2018
Table 113 – Movistar ARPU – 2005 – 2015
Table 114 – Movistar mobile financial data – 2006 – 2015
Table 115 – Vodafone revenue by type (old style) – 2007 – 2013
Table 116 – Vodafone service revenue by type (new style, €) – 2013 – 2018
Table 117 – Vodafone mobile service revenue by type – 2016 – 2018
Table 118 – Vodafone mobile subscribers and proportion prepaid – 2006 – 2018
Table 119 – Vodafone mobile voice traffic statistics – 2006 – 2016
Table 120 – Vodafone mobile data traffic statistics – 2006 – 2018
Table 121 – Vodafone ARPU – 2006 – 2018
Table 122 – Vodafone Spain customer churn – 2007 – 2018
Table 123 – Vodafone mobile customer retention cost – 2007 – 2018
Table 124 – Orange mobile subscribers prepaid and contract – 2005 – 2018
Table 125 – Orange mobile service revenue – 2006 – 2018
Table 126 – Orange ARPU by sector (annual rolling) – 2005 – 2014
Table 127 – Orange mobile customer acquisition costs – 2007 – 2016
Table 128 – Orange ARPU/ARPO by sector (per month) – 2012 – 2018
Table 129 – Orange customer churn – 2007 – 2018
Table 130 – Yoigo subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Table 131 – Historic - Yoigo financial data – 2008 – 2016
Table 132 – Historic - Yoigo mobile service revenue – 2012 – 2016
Table 133 – Yoigo financial data (€) – 2016 – 2018
Table 134 – MVNO mobile subscribers and market share – 2006 – 2018

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telecom revenue, retail and wholesale – 2000 – 2017
Chart 2 – Telecom retail revenue by sector – 2005 – 2017
Chart 3 – Telefónica Group financial data – 2006 – 2018
Chart 4 – Telefónica de España access by service – 2005 – 2018
Chart 5 – Orange subscribers by sector – 2005 – 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 2003 – 2018
Chart 7 – NGN installed lines by access type – 2009 – 2017
Chart 8 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 – 2018
Chart 9 – Total broadband subscribers, DSL, cable, total – 2001 – 2018
Chart 10 – Number of broadband lines by data speed – 2004 – 2016
Chart 11 – Broadband revenue by platform – 2003 – 2017
Chart 12 – FttP lines by operator – 2009 – 2018
Chart 13 – Mobile market revenue by sector – 2006 – 2017
Chart 14 – Mobile market revenue by contract and prepaid sectors – 2000 – 2017
Chart 15 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 – 2019
Chart 16 – Cost per invoiced minute of use: contract, prepaid; all operators – 2001 – 2016
Chart 17 – Mobile subscribers: prepaid, contract – 2006 – 2018
Chart 18 – Subscriber market share by operator – 2004 – 2018
Chart 19 – Mobile traffic prepaid and contract in minutes – 2000 – 2017
Chart 20 – Mobile broadband subscribers by operator – 2010 – 2018
Chart 21 – Movistar mobile subscribers – 2005 – 2018
Chart 22 – Movistar ARPU – 2005 – 2015
Chart 23 – Vodafone revenue by type (new style) – 2013 – 2018
Chart 24 – Vodafone mobile subscribers and proportion prepaid – 2006 – 2018
Chart 25 – Orange mobile subscribers prepaid and contract – 2005 – 2018
Chart 26 – Yoigo subscribers – 2007 – 2018
Chart 27 – Historic - Yoigo financial data – 2008 – 2015

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop
Exhibit 2 – Narrowband and broadband wireless licensees – 2000
Exhibit 3 – Definitions of video streaming and IPTV
Exhibit 4 – 3G licence results in Spain – March 2000
Exhibit 5 – Overview of spectrum allocations – 2011
Exhibit 6 – 3.6GHz auction results – July 2018
Exhibit 7 – Overview of MVNOs

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Spain - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Spain’s telcos sign more fibre sharing agreements

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Broadband market

Digital economy

Mobile communications