Vodafone overtakes Movistar in mobile masts in 30 provinces

Who has the most mobile masts in Spain? The Infoantenas register, consulted on 9 November 2026, offers a snapshot: 69,785 masts declared by six operator groups across 52 provinces. Vodafone, the network Zegona bought from the British group in 2024, has 25,192; Movistar 23,058; Orange 19,021. The gap between the top two is 2,134 masts, or 9.3%.

What the register says

The map does not count customers or coverage: it counts radio installations declared by operators to the Ministry for Digital Transformation. The published GeoJSON contains 220 aggregated rows (one per province and operator) and 69,785 points. The three largest networks — Vodafone, Movistar and Orange — add up to 67,271 masts, 96.4% of the total. Digi (2,065) and Yoigo (443) complete the map.

Vodafone leads in 30 provinces, but not by a landslide

Vodafone has the most masts in 30 of the 52 provinces; Movistar in 20 and Orange in 2. Vodafone's lead includes Madrid (2,721 against Movistar's 2,495) and Barcelona (2,308 against 1,930), the two provinces with the most infrastructure. It also wins in Valencia, Alicante, Sevilla, Murcia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Asturias, Granada, Tarragona, Bizkaia and Girona.

Movistar comes first in 20 provinces, including Málaga, Cádiz, A Coruña, Zaragoza and much of inland Castile and León. Orange is first only in Salamanca and Palencia. The aggregate gap between Vodafone and Movistar is 2,134 masts, 9.3% in favour of the former, but the split changes by province: in Madrid the lead is 226 masts and in Barcelona, 378.

Madrid and Barcelona hold one in five masts

The two most populous provinces account for 13,494 masts, 19.3% of the total: Madrid 7,581 (10.9%) and Barcelona 5,913 (8.5%). The top five — Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante and Málaga — reach 21,989, or 31.5%. The top ten reach 45.3%. At the other end, Melilla (48), Ceuta (60), Palencia (345), Soria (345) and Ávila (422) have very little. Madrid alone has 7,581 masts, almost twice the combined total of the ten least-equipped provinces (3,963).

Digi is already in 50 provinces, but with 2,065 masts

Digi, the fourth operator with its own network, appears in 50 of the 52 provinces. Its network is small but widely spread: 400 masts in Madrid (19.4% of its total), 121 in Alicante, 119 in Valencia, 110 in Barcelona and 88 in Málaga. In Teruel, Álava, León, Palencia and Soria it reports five or fewer. Overall, Digi accounts for 3.0% of registered masts, far from the 96.4% held by the big three. Yoigo, with 443 masts in 11 provinces, is the smallest network in the register.

Masts are not the same as coverage

A registered mast is not a mast that is switched on, nor coverage, nor customers. The register does not measure power, height, technology (4G or 5G), spectrum or traffic. Nor does it adjust for shared sites: if two operators declare the same location, the sum may count the same physical site twice. The snapshot is a cut in time: the register changes every week. And the 'Vodafone' label identifies the network the register associates with that brand; Vodafone Group sold its Spanish subsidiary to Zegona in 2024, so it should not be read as a picture of the British group.

What comes next

The register leaves three questions: whether Digi keeps up its rollout, whether the consolidation of MasOrange simplifies Yoigo's network and whether 5G standalone changes the map of installations. The GeoJSON has no coverage data by province, so the answer is not on the map. What it does show is a concentrated infrastructure: two provinces hold one in five masts, and Madrid weighs more than the ten least-equipped provinces combined.