Spain
All the latest key telecoms and digital infra insight, news and analysis from Spain.
Network & Infra
Spanish gov to mandate backup power upgrades at telcos
Spanish government to introduce new requirements around energy backup for telecoms and digital infra operators by the end of the year. National operators have already made a start, having recently unveiled multiple initiatives to help improve network resilience…
Analyst Briefing
Vodafonewatch: AI, defence, and quantum strategies take shape
Analyst Briefing: Vodafone advances on multiple strategic fronts, from network integration and defence expansion to AI deployment and post-quantum security; plus another Tomorrow Street alumnus gets a Voda deal, Greek fibre plans, and SpaceMobile builds momentum…
Peoplewatch
Vantage commercial chief Sonia Hernandez steps down
High-profile tower exec departs from Vantage “at her own request”, following six-year career of building her team from the ground up and driving expansion of European clientele. Exit comes as towerco continues to grapple with commercial pressures on multiple fronts, and after three CEO switch-outs in three years…
Network & Infra
Telefónica ‘completes’ Spanish edge site rollout
Operator activates all 17 edge nodes envisaged under Edge Plan, with “modular platform” for businesses to access infrastructure and a range of other digital services. Rollout sees the Group seek to continue expanding B2B services portfolio to help achieve Transform & Grow targets…
Network & Infra
VM O2 plans ‘extensive’ autonomous networks ramp-up
UK operator targets Level 4 network autonomy within a ‘couple of years’, with network planning and optimisation the key use-cases.
Products & Services
Vodafone Spain builds out B2B services portfolio; expands into defence, energy
Telco launches revamped defence solutions portfolio and teams up with Iberdrola to jointly market energy and telecoms services. Moves come amidst wider expansion of B2B services, as rivals also move to expand in defence and security segments.
Network & Infra
Spanish government green lights Telefónica-led Gigafactory bid
Spanish government gives the go-ahead for public-private venture that will lead European AI Gigafactory project. Private shareholders include Telefónica, ACS, and Santander.
Strategy & Change
‘We’re built different’: how disruptive Digi is putting unorthodox group ethos into practice in Spain
In depth: Digi Spain has adopted its parent group’s ‘radical pricing model’ and industrial approach to build a vertically integrated challenger to Spain’s three established telecoms players. The result has been successive years of 20%-plus top line growth, an expanding share of the market, and a platform for the group to extend its disruptive playbook to other European markets.
Financial & Performance
Vodafone Spain progresses dramatic, private equity-led turnaround
Spain’s number three telco has more than doubled margin in the two years since being sold by Vodafone to investment group Zegona Communications, again raising a question mark over strategy under its previous owner. Having proved its buy-fix-sell transformation model, Zegona is now eyeing other acquisition targets…
Analyst Briefing
Telefónicawatch: Group’s early T&G tonic
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including news of more AI-led automation projects as the Group seeks to lift cash flow under Transform & Grow masterplan. Read more…
Financial & Performance
Telefónica sees early gains in Transform & Grow revival plan
Q1 FY26: Execs at trimmed-down and re-focused Telefónica claim already to be seeing positive results from its new, five-year strategic plan, announced late last year. Operational changes and exits from volatile markets have made the Group smaller, but also given management a more solid and predictable platform for growth, execs argue.