Spain
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Spain |
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These
pages present basic facts and technology indicators
about the Information Society developments in Spain. |
All data have been collected from readily publicly available sources of information. Some are estimates. They should be considered only as indicative of trends and general tendencies. |
1. Economic data
1.1 General socio-economic data
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Reference years |
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Total area (km2) |
504 800(1) |
1999 |
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Population |
39 453 200(1) |
1997 |
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Gross national Product (GNP) (EURO billion) |
556.3(2) |
1999 |
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Gross National Product (GNP) per capita (EURO) |
14 144.8(2) |
1999 |
Source :
(1) INED (French National Institute of Statistical Studies). www.ined.fr
(2) "Bilan Economique et Social du Monde 1999"
Conversion rate used : 1$= 1.0046 Euro (average exchange rate for 1999)
1.2 Telecom market size (Millions Euro)
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Millions Euro |
End 1999 |
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Fixed telecommunications Service Market |
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- PSTN |
9,81 |
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- Leased Lines |
0,98 |
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- Data transmission |
0,64 |
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- Internet access |
0,10 |
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Total fixed telecommunications |
11,53 |
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Mobile communications service Market |
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4,45 |
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Audiovisuel market |
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Audiovisuel revenues |
3,9 |
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Diffusion of audio-visual signal |
0,23 |
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Total audio-visual market |
4,13 |
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Satellite communications |
0,088 |
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Total telecommunications revenues |
20,198 |
Source : CTM annuel report 1999
Conversion rate : 1 peseta = 0,006010 euro (13/10/00)
2. Actors and competition
2.1 Fixed operators
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Number of operators having a license at the end of 1999 |
81 |
Source : DRS Group quoted in " Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications - annual report 1999 ".
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Some fixed operators |
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Telefonica |
Source : Sema Group
2.2 Mobile operators
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Number of subscribers |
Type of network |
End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
% of the market (end 1999) |
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Telefonica Moviles Moviline |
Tacs-900 |
1 100 000 |
893 000 |
690 000 |
4,6 |
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Telefonica Moviles movistar |
GSM-DCS |
2 087 000 |
4 001 000 |
8 362 000 |
55,73 |
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Airtel |
GSM/DCS |
1 150 000 |
2 157 000 |
4 938 000 |
32,91 |
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Amena |
DCS-1800 |
- |
- |
1 015 000 |
6,76 |
Source : mobile communication n°255 & 278
2.3 Internet Service Providers
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Estimation of the Number of Internet Service Providers |
Last reference date |
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500 |
1999 |
Source : Analysis
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Main Internet Services Providers |
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Company |
Web sites |
Number of Users |
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Terra |
www.terra.es |
659 000 in 1999 (1) |
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Iber explorer |
www.iberexplorer.com |
620 000 in 1999 (1) |
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Iddeo |
www.iddeo.es | |
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Yahoo |
www.yahoo.es | |
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MSN |
www.msn.es | |
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Wanadoo |
www.wanadoo.es | |
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Netscape |
home.netscape.com/es | |
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Lycos |
www.lycos.es | |
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Interpista |
www.catworld.net | |
Source :
Sema Group
La revista de internet
2.4 Portals
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Main portals |
Web sites |
Number of Users End 1999 |
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Alehop |
www.alehop.es |
410 000 |
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Terra |
www.terra.es |
360 000 |
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Wanadoo |
www.wanadoo.es |
100 000 |
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Yahoo |
www.yahoo.es | |
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Naveglia |
www.oleada.com | |
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MSN |
www.msn.es | |
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Ya.com |
www.ya.com | |
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Canal21.com |
www.canal21.com | |
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Iberexplorer |
www.iberexplorer.com |
Source : French Economic Center Of Madrid
3. Basic Indicators
3.1 Internet
3.1.1 General data
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End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Number of internet users |
525 600(1) |
3 939 430(1) |
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Number of Internet domestic users |
1 050 000(2) |
2 087 897(2) |
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Number of Internet users per 100 inh |
6 (3) |
10 (3) |
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Estimation of Internet penetration rate in companies |
32%(2) |
47%(2) |
Source :
(1) Nua Internet Surveys : www.nua.ie
(2) French Economic Center Of Madrid
(3) Sema Group calculation3.1.2 E-Commerce
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End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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E-commerce market (EURO Million) |
20 (1) |
46 (1) |
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E-commerce spending per 100 inh (Euro) |
51 (2) |
117 (2) |
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End 1999 |
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Number of e-commerce users |
433 337(3) |
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Number of e-commerce users per 100 inh |
1 (2) |
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Number of e-commerce users/ total number of internet users |
11 (2) |
Source :
(1) French Economic Center Of Madrid
(2) Sema Group calculation
(3) Taylor Nelson Sofres
3.1.3 Web sites
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Number of adresses under .es domain |
Last reference date |
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19586 |
13/07/2000 |
Source : AFNIC (Association Française du Nommage Internet en Cooperation)
3.1.4 Internet hosts
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Number of Internet hosts |
Last reference date |
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469 587 |
01/2000 |
Source : www.journaldunet.fr
3.2 Telephones lines
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Total number of conventional lines |
15 854 000(1) |
17 075 000(1) |
17 246 000(1) |
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Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) |
228 500(2) |
341 500(2) |
584 200(2) |
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Total number of mobile phone subscriptions |
4 337 000(3) |
7 051 000(3) |
15 005 000(3) |
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Total number of lines |
20 419 500 |
24 467 500 |
32 835 200 |
Source :
(1) Comision del mercado de las telecomunicaciones
(2) Telefonica Annual Report 99
(3) Mobile Communication n°255 & 278
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Total number of conventional lines per 100 inh. |
40.2 |
43.4 |
43.8 |
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Total number of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) per 100 inh. |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
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Total number of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inh. |
11 |
17.9 |
38.1 |
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Total number of lines per 100 inh. |
51.8 |
62.2 |
83.4 |
Source : Sema Group calculation
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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% of 64k ISDN lines (subscriptions) / Total number of lines |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
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% of mobiles phone subscriptions / Total number of lines |
21.3 |
28.8 |
45.7 |
Source : Sema Group Calculation
3.3 Personal computers
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Total number of Home PCs |
1 700 000(1) |
2 210 000 |
2 400 000 |
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Total number of Business PCs |
3 000 000(1) |
3 500 000 |
3 600 000 |
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Total number of PCs |
4 700 000 |
5 710 000(2) |
6 000 000(2) |
Source :
(1) French Economic Center of Madrid
(2) www.journaldunet.fr
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Total number of Home PCs per 100 inh. |
4.3 |
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Total number of Business PCs per 100 inh. |
7.6 |
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Total number of PCs per 100 inh. |
11.9 |
14.5 |
15.2 |
Source : Sema Group Calculation
3.4 Television
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Television |
Total number |
Number per 100 inh. |
Last reference date |
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Number of TV sets |
11 800 000(1) |
30 |
10/99 |
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Number of Home Cable TV Subscribers |
1 200 000(1) |
3 |
10/99 |
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Number of Home equipped with Satellite |
1 550 000(2) |
3.9 |
1999 |
Source :
(1) www.inside-cable.co.uk
(2) rapport comision del mercado de las telecomunicaciones
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Total number |
Last reference date |
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Number of Households |
12 100 000 (1) |
10/99 |
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Number of homes passed by cable |
1 200 000(1) |
10/99 |
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Number of Homes passed by cable / Number of Households |
10% |
10/99 |
Source : (1) www.inside-cable.co.uk
3.5 Voice traffic and calls statistics
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End 1997 |
End 1998 |
End 1999 |
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Fixed services (in million of minutes) |
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Total number of minutes of national communications |
65 140,5 |
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Number of fixed to mobile minutes |
4 099,3 |
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Number of outgoing international minutes |
1 639,7 |
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Number of minutes to intelligence network |
1 937,8 |
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Total number of minutes on fixed network |
57 350 |
65 500 |
72 817,3 |
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Mobile services (in million of minutes) |
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Number of minutes on mobile networks |
3 800 |
5 300 |
9 210,5 |
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Customer behaviour |
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Number of minutes on calls per inh. on fixed network per year |
4 458 |
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Out of what number of minutes on long distance calls per inhabitant per year |
1 235 |
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Number of minutes on mobile network per user per year |
848 |
810 |
614 |
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Number of minutes for a post-paid user per year |
1 263 |
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Number of minutes for a prepaid user per year |
213,2 |
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Total number of minutes (million) |
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Source : CMT
