These are some of the figures relating to the telecommunications market that have just been published on the CNMCData portal.
The three main operators, Movistar, Orange (including Jazztel) and Vodafone (including Ono), account for 87% of all lines. A year ago, that share was 90%.
Mobile telephony
The number of mobile phone lines increased by 17,127. The month ended with 53.96 million mobile lines, representing a 1.3% increase compared to the same period last year. Penetration reached 115 lines per 100 inhabitants
M2M lines stood at 6.5 million lines, 16.2% more than a year ago.
In August, 557,243 mobile numbers were ported, which is 14.2% less than the volume recorded in the same month of 2018.
Of the total mobile lines (53.96 million), 84.3% of voice lines had mobile broadband (45.47 million), concentrated in the three main operators (Movistar, Orange and Vodafone) which together account for 79.5% of the lines.
Fixed telephony
The total number of fixed lines decreased by 27,817. The month ended with a total of 19.25 million lines, representing a penetration of 41 lines per 100 inhabitants.
Meanwhile, fixed-line number portability was 167,654, 5.1% more than in the same month of the previous year.
Wholesale fixed broadband
The NEBA indirect access service (FTTH and copper) gained 19,715 lines this month, bringing its total to 858,175 lines, of which 777,245 are fiber. Meanwhile, the other indirect access services (ATM and IP concentration) saw a decrease. August ended with 1,177,477 local NEBA lines.
The total number of disaggregated loops stood at 1.2 million.
CNMCData
[1]The total broadband in the graph includes lines of technologies other than DSL, HFC or FTTH, although they do not appear broken down.
[2] Vodafone includes data from Ono and Orange includes data from Jazztel. The MASMOVIL Group includes data from MasMóvil, Yoigo, Pepephone and Xtra Telecom. Lines using technologies other than DSL, HFC or FTTH are included.
[3] Vodafone includes data from Ono, and Orange includes data from Jazztel. Grupo MASMOVIL includes data from MasMóvil, Yoigo, and Pepephone. Furthermore, from February 2017, Grupo MASMOVIL includes data from the MVNO LlamaYA following the acquisition of its customer base at the end of January 2017, and from December 2018, it includes data from the MVNO Lebara following the acquisition of its customer base in November 2018. Mobile network operator data includes data for MVNOs and their own brands (Orange does not include República Móvil).
