The global turnover of the telecommunications sector increased slightly in 2018 (0.7% compared to 2017), reaching 34,516 million euros . Among the final services, mobile broadband was the fastest growing, with a positive rate of 12.7%, to reach 5,275 million euros. These are the data corresponding to the Sectorial Economic Report of Telecommunications and Audiovisual that can be consulted on the CNMCData portal .
The total number of NGA accesses (new generation networks) deployed at the end of the year reached 57 million, of which 46.7 million were fiber (FTTH). Spain is in the group of countries of the European Union with greater fiber coverage in the fiber to home (FTTH) modality. The penetration of ultra-fast broadband connections, of more than 30 Mb / s, continued its upward trend in 2018. Connections of speeds of more than 100 Mb / s already account for almost 60% of the fixed broadband market (9 million lines).
Virtually 88% of the fixed broadband market is still served by Movistar, Vodafone and Orange . The joint share of these three operators in the mobile communications market is 78.4%.
However, in this competitive environment, it should be noted that the MásMóvil Group has consolidated in 2018 as the fourth national convergent operator . In a period of less than three years, since the joint marketing of fixed and mobile communications services began in mid-2016, it has attracted nearly one million customers and achieved a quota in the fixed broadband market close to 7% . Their relative participation in the mobile market, where their different brands are more implemented, is greater with a share of 12.4%.
The Spanish market is characterized by a high degree of packaging , especially the modalities that combine fixed and mobile services in the same offer. Thus, at the end of 2018, the total contracts for these offers reached 12.2 million, almost 600 thousand more than at the end of the previous year.
The tendency to hire packaged services was also reflected in pay television . Thus, of the 6.9 million subscribers to pay television, 6.3 million hired it in some package.
At the end of 2018 the expenditure of households that contract packaged offers was reduced: households with a quadruple package (without TV) spent an average of 53 euros per month - somewhat less than at the end of 2017. On the other hand, households with a fivefold package (with TV) they spent 77.3 euros, almost two euros less than in 2017.
The total number of NGA accesses (new generation networks) deployed at the end of the year reached 57 million, of which 46.7 million were fiber (FTTH). Spain is in the group of countries of the European Union with greater fiber coverage in the fiber to home (FTTH) modality. The penetration of ultra-fast broadband connections, of more than 30 Mb / s, continued its upward trend in 2018. Connections of speeds of more than 100 Mb / s already account for almost 60% of the fixed broadband market (9 million lines).
Virtually 88% of the fixed broadband market is still served by Movistar, Vodafone and Orange . The joint share of these three operators in the mobile communications market is 78.4%.
However, in this competitive environment, it should be noted that the MásMóvil Group has consolidated in 2018 as the fourth national convergent operator . In a period of less than three years, since the joint marketing of fixed and mobile communications services began in mid-2016, it has attracted nearly one million customers and achieved a quota in the fixed broadband market close to 7% . Their relative participation in the mobile market, where their different brands are more implemented, is greater with a share of 12.4%.
The Spanish market is characterized by a high degree of packaging , especially the modalities that combine fixed and mobile services in the same offer. Thus, at the end of 2018, the total contracts for these offers reached 12.2 million, almost 600 thousand more than at the end of the previous year.
The tendency to hire packaged services was also reflected in pay television . Thus, of the 6.9 million subscribers to pay television, 6.3 million hired it in some package.
At the end of 2018 the expenditure of households that contract packaged offers was reduced: households with a quadruple package (without TV) spent an average of 53 euros per month - somewhat less than at the end of 2017. On the other hand, households with a fivefold package (with TV) they spent 77.3 euros, almost two euros less than in 2017.
