New market share for fixed-network operators in Spain after Vodafone deal to buy Ono
According to Reuters , shareholders of cable company Ono are close to reaching a deal with Britain's Vodafone on an offer to buy the Spanish group for about 7.2 billion euros ($10 billion) including debt. This would change current telecom market share in Spain both for fixed and mobile telephony. According to last CNMC report, on 3Q 2013 fixed-network subscribers per operator were: Telefonica (8,253k subscribers, 53.7% market share) Ono (1,793k subscribers, 11.7% market share) Orange (1,695k subscribers, 11.0% market share) Jazztel (1,558k subscribers, 10.1% market share) Vodafone (1,208k subscribers, 7.9% market share) Euskaltel (332k subscribers, 2.2% market share) R Cable (257k subscribers, 1.7% market share) Telecable (119k subscribers, 0.8% market share) Rest (140k subscribers, 0.9% market share) After this deal, market share for fixed-telephony would be as follows: Telefonica (8,253k subscribers, 53.7% market share) Vodafone+Ono (3,000k s