The 5G is the fifth generation of mobile network and, although it has crossed borders, expanding by numerous geographies of our country, there are still some areas where it still does not arrive. Therefore, The Spanish government will allocate 161.3 million euros to continue extending the 5G infrastructure in municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López Águeda, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The Aids of the aid have been Telefónica and the Masorange group. The first company will receive 102.7 million euros to extend the coverage in 1,116 locations; while the second has been assigned 58.6 million euros to enable 5G in 845 locations. “The projects awarded They will mobilize more than 195 million euros And they suppose the installation of 265 new communications towers in locations where there were no infrastructure, “explain from the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function.
This help is within the single program active networks that will expand the coverage of this network to about 326,000 people and in 6,800 kilometers of road network. “Today 92% of Spanish households have access to 5g, But we want to continue closing the digital gap between urban centers and the rural world“He said.
This program is funded with European funds Next Generation EU within the framework of the recovery plan. The first call of single 5G active networks was resolved in July 2024, when 508 million euros were awarded to bring 5G technology to more than 1.8 million inhabitants of small municipalities and 30,000 kilometers from the road network. The sum of both It will allow more than two million people throughout Spain and more than 36,800 kilometers from the road network to have 5G coverage.