in the set of fixed broadband linesthe park shot up to 84,348 lines in September to exceed 16.47 million accesses, 2.5% more than a year ago, thanks to the fact that the increase of 118,094 FTTH lines compensated for the loss of 9,264 HFC lines, and another 35,947 ADSL lines. The total number of fiber lines to the home exceeded 13.4 million.
The back to school campaign changed the trend of Movistar, Vodafone and Orange
Movistar, Vodafone and Orangethey have negative accumulated results in 2022, as is usual in recent years, but the return to school in 2022 has ended up giving the same operators a little respite, who for the first time have seen increase the net balance of fixed broadband linesmostly fiber.
Movistar has been the one that has obtained the most discreet data, with 1,200 lines won, followed by the 7,000 lines won by Vodafone, his first positive record in a year; and the 12,500 lines won by Orangealso with the best figure of the last year although with worse results than the excellent data harvested in the 2021 campaign.
Among the operators that tend to grow regularly, in September they achieved excellent results. With 23,000 lines won by the MásMóvil Group, which is 5,000 lines above its annual average; and independent operators such as Digi, Avatel or Adamowhich reached a historical record with more than 40,000 lines achieved.
In what corresponds to cumulative 2022, Vodafone has lost 71,000 lines, Orange 32,000 and Movistar 10,000. On the opposite side, the MásMóvil Group has added 169,000 lines, while the group of Independent operators achieve leadership with 263,000 lines won.
Compared to the month of September of previous years, MásMóvil and Orange worsened their trend, while Movistar, Vodafone and independent operators continue to improve.
The NEBA indirect access service (FTTH and copper) gained 16,183 lines this month and accumulates 1,049,192 lines, of which 1,017,802 are fiber. The month of September ended with 2,150,810 local NEBA lines.
Regarding the evolution of the market shares reached in the month of September compared to the last four years, Movistar has lost 6.22 percentage points, Orange would have lost 3.80 points, and Vodafone lost 3.64 points. Tipping the scales they would find the MásMóvil Group, which grows 9.55 pointsand the rest of the operators as a whole, which grew by 4.11%.
These figures place Orange at 1.91 million broadband lines behind Movistar, while Orange and Vodafone are separated by 875,200 lines, and MásMóvil is separated from Vodafone by 107,200 lines.
In Xataka Mobile | All monthly fiber and ADSL portability results.