The vertiginous change that the telephony sector has experienced in Spain in recent years, marked by mergers between old operators and the arrival of new actors, has brought with it a historical fact: Yoigo’s mobile network has stopped working after 19 years active.
It should be specified that Yoigoas a telephone and internet company, continues to operate normally, now within Masorange. What has been dismantled are the most 11,000 antennas that made up its original network.
The reason for this off is that, after the Másmobo and Orange Uniona duplicity of nodes has been generated, with several antennas giving coverage to the same area. The consequence has been its deactivation to optimize costs.
The route of a network that made history
As you remember BroadbandYoigo’s story starts in the year 2000when Xfera Mobiles acquired licenses to operate in 3G, although it did not start marketing services until 2006, already under the Yoigo brand. At the time, he became the fourth largest mobile phone network in Spain. It was subsequently acquired by MasMóvil, which has now been integrated with Orange to create Masorange.
The network of Yoigo He gained great popularity thanks to his competitive rates, although he also accumulated criticism for cuts and service failures. Despite this, he achieved important milestones, such as the first operator to offer 4G in the country. According to antennasmobile data, at the beginning of this year about 7,500 antennas were still in operation, although in recent weeks there were hardly 300, already in the process of disconnection.
Its definitive disappearance is imminent, which assumes goodbye to one of the most iconic mobile networks in Spain. However, the Yoigo brand will remain active, offering services within the Masorange infrastructure.