en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 10, Spanish telecom operator MasOrange announced that its 5G network now covers 93.4% of Spain's population, reaching a total of 5,247 municipalities. Over the past 18 months, the company has activated 5G services in more than 1,500 new locations and optimized network capacity in over 3,600 municipalities to enhance the availability of high-speed connectivity nationwide.

This expansion reflects a shift in Spain's 5G deployment from major city coverage to broader regional adoption. Large cities and core business districts often gain 5G networks earlier, but the true impact on the balanced development of the digital economy and public services depends on whether small and medium-sized cities, towns, and rural areas can access stable high-speed networks. MasOrange has extended 5G coverage to 4,500 rural areas with fewer than 10,000 residents, with some construction benefiting from the EU-funded "Único 5G Redes Activas" program. For these regions, 5G not only serves personal internet use but also supports remote work, rural tourism, smart agriculture, digitalization of public services, and online operations for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Network capacity optimization is also a key component of this deployment. Increases in user numbers, growth in video applications, enterprise mobile work, and IoT device access all drive up mobile data traffic, making coverage alone insufficient to guarantee user experience. Over the past 18 months, MasOrange has carried out capacity expansion and technical optimization in over 3,600 municipalities, focusing on alleviating data traffic congestion and improving network response speed and connection stability.

The company is also advancing higher-level 5G evolution. MasOrange has deployed 5G Advanced capabilities in 42 cities, covering Madrid, Barcelona, and multiple provincial capitals in the autonomous communities of Andalusia and Valencia. 5G Advanced further enhances speed, latency, energy efficiency, and network scheduling, providing a foundation for future services in industrial internet, high-definition video, smart transportation, low-altitude applications, and IoT scenarios. The company holds an advantage in 3.5GHz spectrum resources, a frequency band crucial for improving urban capacity, ensuring high-speed experiences, and supporting high-density scenarios.

For the ICT industry chain, the continuous expansion of 5G coverage in Spain will drive demand for wireless base stations, RF equipment, antenna systems, transport networks, network optimization software, edge nodes, and industry terminals. As coverage approaches the target of 94% of the national population, the competitive focus among operators will gradually shift from "how much population is covered" to "which scenarios can be stably used, which industries can generate revenue, and which regions can achieve balanced digital services." Key milestones ahead include whether MasOrange will achieve its 94% population coverage target within the year, network quality in rural areas, the pace of 5G Advanced city expansion, and whether the 5G network can further support enterprise private networks, smart cities, and public service applications. If deployment continues steadily, Spain's mobile communication infrastructure will enter a higher-quality phase of 5G adoption.

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