Previously, when only landlines existed, people called homes. But the rise of mobile telephony has changed these habits. Now, instead of calling a home, people call an individual. This trend, more pronounced among individuals, is also taking hold in business and professional communications, as confirmed by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), the telecommunications market regulator in Spain. The data is clear: since 2020, call traffic to landlines has fallen by nearly 65% in the residential segment and almost 35% in the business segment. "Average revenue per line has decreased from €3.39 to €1.96 per month. If we consider total voice traffic, both landline and mobile, fixed-line voice traffic represents only 7.4%," the CNMC added. The CNMC report also indicates that Telefónica has the largest market share in terms of fixed-line telephone traffic, with 41%, followed by MasOrange with 29%. Given this situation, the market regulator has decided to deregulate fixed-line telephony in Spain. The CNMC has approved the deregulation of the wholesale fixed-line call termination market, meaning that the obligations currently imposed on operators in this business segment will be lifted within the next six months, as the entity announced in a statement. Fixed-line termination allows customers of one operator, whether fixed or mobile, to call fixed-line users of other operators. Therefore, the operator making the call pays a termination fee to the receiving fixed-line company.

The European Commission insisted this Tuesday that European Union countries must "restrict or exclude Huawei from their 5G networks" because the Chinese company "represents a much greater risk" than other providers. "The lack of swift action exposes the European Union as a whole to a clear risk," European Commission spokesperson for Technological Sovereignty Thomas Regnier told Efe news agency when asked about the agreement Spain has signed with Huawei for the supply of wiretapping services.

The Generalitat (Catalan Government) has launched a pioneering protocol to improve the management of telecommunications incidents, with the support of companies and municipal entities. This protocol will also allow for coordinated efforts to deploy fiber optics throughout Catalonia, benefiting smaller municipalities. The Minister for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Albert Dalmau, chaired a working meeting this Thursday in Monistrol de Montserrat (Bages), one of the municipalities that has suffered connectivity issues, with the telecommunications companies and local entities that signed the agreement. During this meeting, the commitments made and the measures to be taken were shared.

The electricity supply has suffered a general outage affecting at least the entire Iberian Peninsula. The outage affects electricity, but also mobile and landline telephone services. The blackout occurred at 12:40 p.m. this Monday, and problems have been reported from the outset in Catalonia, the rest of Spain, and also in Portugal. In fact, several witnesses told ARA that the outage also affects towns such as Viseu, Guarda, and Porto.

John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA, the organiser of the Mobile World Congress, confirmed on Thursday that this year's Mobile World Congress will be held in Barcelona from 28 June to 1 July.