The postpaid segment increased by 127,419 lines in April, up 4.4 percent from a year earlier, while prepaid lines fell by 98,290, down 9.5 percent from April 2014. The total number of mobile lines was 50.37 million, up 0.2 percent from a year earlier. Mobile penetration was 108.5 per 100 inhabitants, up from 108.1 a year earlier.
There was a net decrease in April in the number of lines supplied by all four national operators. Movistar lost 73,320 lines from the previous month, leaving it with a market share of 31.44 percent. Vodafone lost 72,560 with a market share of 21.8 percent, Orange lost 30,830 with a market share of 22.89 percent, and Yoigo lost 12,840 with a market share of 6.73 percent.
Porting of mobile lines declined to 498,992, down 9.3 percent from a year ago. Movistar and Vodafone were the principal losers, shedding 63.158 and 34,372 on a net basis respectively, while Yoigo and Orange both added around 10,000 lines. MVNOs saw net additions of 76,537 through porting.
