A few weeks ago, everyone’s eyes were on Spain and Portugal: it was incredible that in 2025, two major European countries could experience total electricity blackout for 18 hours. The closure affected millions, stopped trains and flights, forced the business to close, and more.
Now, Spain has been facing a large -scale phone network failure and disrupting communication in early Tuesday, which has disqualified emergency lines in most parts of the country for several hours.
The barrier affected all major telecommates, including Mowsar, Orange, Vodafone, Digemobile, and O2. According to the monitoring site downator, the blackout began around 5pm, which users were unable to make phone calls, send text messages or receive text messages or access mobile data.
Reports of service loss have been rapidly spread across the country, describing the total blackout and signal loss with consumers in major cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Seoul, Marceia, and Bilbao. Internet issues also spread largely, which increased the effects.
Millions were affected. | Photo by Fonina
Telephonica, one of Spain’s largest telecom companies, said the closure has resulted in planning rehabilitation. The company explained that the network unexpectedly affected fixed communication services, including landlines and internet connections. Many consumers found themselves unable to reach the national emergency, 112.
In response to the service disruption, emergency departments in Valencia, Aragan, and Basque country have been on social media to distribute alternative mobile numbers for emergency communication. Officials from Catalonia and Extramadura confirmed that their 112 services were affected, but assured the public that the backup system was implemented. In Andalusia, officials acknowledged a national issue with the emergency network, though they said the service was slowly returning.
By the morning, Telephonica announced that full services have been restored. Spanish Minister of Digital Transformation, Escar Lopez, confirmed the resolution and expressed his gratitude for the company’s immediate response. He said the authorities had started from telephonica since the beginning and noticed that the incident had been completely resolved.
With more than 41 million users, Telephonica operates almost all landline infrastructure of Spain. Downtomator also recorded a rapid increase in output reports in other major suppliers such as Mowesar, O2, and Orange in early Tuesday.
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