Spain shed some 238,428 mobile lines in June, ending the month with a total mobile base of 54.64 million users, up by 0.9 percent over the same month of 2011, according to a report by Spanish regulator CMT. Yoigo added nearly 60,920 net lines in June, the MVNOs saw 33,170 net additions, and Orange attracted 30,260 new subscribers. Movistar lost 201,830 customers, while Vodafone shed 160,940 users in the month. The M2M sector went up by 9.4 percent over the same period last year, to over 2.64 million lines. The growth of the M2M sector brings the total number of mobile lines to over 57.28 million.
Spain ported 395,727 mobile phone numbers in June, down nearly 13.1 percent versus the same period of 2011. Yoigo, the MVNOs, and Orange saw a positive balance in portability, while Movistar and Vodafone registered a negative balance. Yoigo won 43,477 net users, the MVNOs added 68,476 users, Orange won 12,482 ported customers. Vodafone shed 73,986 customers, while Movistar shed 55,449 users in the month.
Spanish operators added 9,655 broadband users in June. Spain ended the month with a total base of 11.30 million broadband lines, up by 3.7 percent year-on-year and a penetration of over 24.5 lines per 100 inhabitants. The number of DSL lines jumped by 3,758 connections over the same period of 2011, reaching a total of 9 million lines at the end of June.
The overall number of fixed lines dropped by 48,514 to 19.19 million lines at the end of June. Fixed penetration decreased to 41.6 lines per 100 inhabitants in June 2012, versus 42.3 percent in the year-earlier month. Around 126,498 fixed numbers were ported in June, down by 16.1 percent from 150,746 fixed numbers ported in June 2011.
