The European Commission has completed its investigation into the proposed merger of Orange Spain and MásMóvil, approving the deal subject to some spectrum being transferred to another operator. Read more...

If approved the current mobile licenses will be extended up to 40 years. Read more...

Trade association Aotec's demand is connected to the Spanish government's decision to increase spectrum caps for operators following the planned Orange-MásMóvil merger.  Read more...

The impending merger of Orange and MásMóvil has prompted the Spanish government to propose raising the maximum amount of spectrum each mobile operator is allowed to hold. The apparent aim is to strengthen the market position of the established operators and make it difficult to create a strong fourth operator. Read more...

Three operators successfully bid for a total of 1,800 MHz, but some spectrum remained unsold. Read more...

Spain will award the band despite mobile operators’ unenthusiastic responses to its consultation because the country has included the band in its EU recovery plan. Read more...

Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (MINECO) has said that the country’s reorganisation of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band is now complete. Read more...

The Spanish government is allegedly planning to split the 26 GHz band into two separate segments—one for mobile operators and one for vertical users.  Read more...

Spain’s three largest mobile network operators (MNOs) have splashed just over €1 billion on 700 MHz spectrum in an auction that the fourth largest MNO, MásMóvil, chose to miss. Read more...

The Spanish government has confirmed it will auction the 700 MHz band in late July and unveiled less exacting conditions for mobile operators, including a 15 per cent price cut and 40-year spectrum licences. Read more...