Telecommunication in Spain
The development of telecommunications in Spain is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +34, there were a total of 74.99 m connections in 2019. Among them were 55.35 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.2 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.The expansion of the broadband Internet in Spain is roughly equal to the EU average. Around 91% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 33% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 4.23 m webhosts, Spain is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 189.50 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Spain ranked 6th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 164.03 Mbit/second (5th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 18th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Spain comes 38th with a download speed of 48.27 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was enough for 63rd place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Februar 2021 from 175 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the Internet in Spain from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Spain 2000 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Spain Total | Spain percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 42.71 m | 90.72 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 15.62 m | 33.17 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 19.64 m | 41.72 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 55.35 m | 117.58 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |