Spain’s 5G traffic grows 61.1% in a year, nearing a quarter of mobile broadband use

Overall mobile broadband traffic rose 17% year on year to 2.8 million terabytes in the second quarter of 2026.

5G traffic in Spain grew 61.1% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, accounting for 24.6% of all mobile broadband traffic, according to the National Commission on Markets and Competition.

Source: Национальная комиссия по рынкам и конкуренции

A smartphone displaying a 5G symbol. — Illustration accompanying data on the growth of 5G mobile traffic in Spain. Illustrative photo. Photo: BuBrhms / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

5G traffic in Spain rose 61.1% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, reaching 24.6% of total mobile broadband traffic. Overall mobile broadband traffic grew 17% to 2.8 million terabytes, the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) reported.

Retail telecommunications service revenue stood at €5.648 billion, almost unchanged from the second quarter of 2025. Movistar, Vodafone, MASORANGE and DIGI accounted for 82.8% of the sector’s retail revenue.

DIGI recorded the largest annual increase in retail revenue, up 14.4%. Vodafone’s revenue grew 1.1%, MASORANGE remained stable, and Movistar’s fell 2.4%.

In June 2026, fibre accounted for 91.4% of Spain’s 20 million fixed broadband connections. The number of connections with speeds of at least 100 Mbps reached 19.5 million, including 8.1 million with speeds of 1 Gbps or higher.

Spain had 64.2 million mobile lines, and nine in ten had an internet connection. Movistar, Vodafone, MASORANGE and DIGI together held more than 90% of fixed and mobile broadband lines.

Paid television subscriptions rose 9.4% year on year to 12.6 million. The figures do not include Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+ or SkyShowtime.

Translated from Spanish using artificial intelligence. Source: Национальная комиссия по рынкам и конкуренции

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Spain’s 5G traffic grows 61.1% in a year, nearing a quarter of mobile broadband use

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