The mobile penetration rate of mobile phones in Spain has constantly been increasing over the past years. Starting May 2022, the monthly penetration rate exceeded 119 mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants in the country, up from 116 mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants in May 2021.
Mobile segment
Overall, mobile telephony services in Spain generated revenue worth 3.93 billion euros in 2021. In that same year, the number of mobile subscriptions in Spain exceeded 56.8 million, registering only a slight increase of approximately 2.6 percent since 2019. Out of the total number of mobile subscriptions, around 84 percent of them were postpaid mobile telephony lines, while only slightly above nine million lines were prepaid. Mobile telephony traffic peaked in 2020 at 122.21 billion minutes, then subsequently dropped to 120.17 billion minutes by 2021.
5G deployment status
Telecommunication providers in Spain have been accelerating the implementation of the 5G network since 2020. All carriers, including Vodafone, Orange, and Telefónica, already ensured 5G coverage in all main urban areas of the country, as well as in most medium-sized cities. In 2021, there were over nine thousand 5G base transceiver stations (BTS) in Spain, representing an increase of approximately 84 percent compared to the number of 5G BTS registered in 2020. This translates into 31.5 percent of mobile 5G connections in the country as of 2021.
Penetration rate of mobile phone users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022
(in mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants)
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Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. (August 10, 2022). Penetration rate of mobile phone users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022 (in mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/465721/mobile-penetration-rate-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. "Penetration rate of mobile phone users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022 (in mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants)." Chart. August 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/465721/mobile-penetration-rate-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. (2022). Penetration rate of mobile phone users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022 (in mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/465721/mobile-penetration-rate-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. "Penetration Rate of Mobile Phone Users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022 (in Mobile Phone Users per 100 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/465721/mobile-penetration-rate-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, Penetration rate of mobile phone users in Spain from January 2015 to June 2022 (in mobile phone users per 100 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/465721/mobile-penetration-rate-spain/ (last visited October 05, 2022)
