Business Internet & Enterprise Connectivity in Spain

We've delivered in Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands. The Tenerife engagement — a protected \[Ethernet\](/services/ethernet) circuit for the world's largest satellite operator — required routing that avoided the primary submarine cable path and built genuine physical diversity. All major carriers quoted standard routing. We found the alternative path using regional carrier relationships and built a geographically diverse circuit the client's previous provider had said couldn't be done.

For capacity services in mainland Spain, we work with Colt, Telefónica, Zayo (their Paris-Marseille 400G route extends to Spanish connectivity requirements), and regional carriers. For the Canary Islands and Spanish territories, we have specific coverage through Direct Telecom and regional relationships.

The \[KMZ issue\](/services/secure-ip) applies to Telefónica as it does to BT and DTAG. For Spanish enterprises or multinationals with circuits in Spain subject to GDPR data sovereignty requirements, we can provide KMZ files. Most providers working through Telefónica's wholesale channel cannot.

Spain's 5G coverage exceeds 85% of the population in 2025. The government's "Digital Spain 2025" agenda is backed by €20 billion in telecom infrastructure investment. The infrastructure is expanding; the challenge remains getting complex enterprise requirements through carrier commercial processes efficiently.

Telefónica Movistar dominates the Spanish enterprise market through Telefónica Empresas — DIA up to 10Gbps, backed by a global Tier 1 infrastructure. They're the obvious incumbent choice. They're also difficult to work with commercially, slow to respond to non-standard requirements, and — like BT and DTAG — will not provide KMZ files for access circuits.

Orange Spain, Vodafone Spain, and MasMovil complete the major carrier picture. Notably, Orange, Vodafone Spain, and MasMovil are co-investors in FibreCo — a joint venture building what's projected to become Europe's largest FTTH network at 12.2 million premises across Spain. The infrastructure investment is substantial; the commercial relationships with each carrier remain separate.

Colt is our primary recommendation for enterprise clients with requirements in Madrid and Barcelona. With network presence connecting to the Barcelona Cable Landing Station (Colt was the first land-based client there), and our wholesale and Agent Partner relationship as Colt's number one global partner, we deliver via the same SDN platform and pre-validated engineering standard we apply across the rest of Europe.

Spain's submarine cable infrastructure is exceptional. Bilbao lands both Marea (connecting to Virginia Beach, USA) and Grace Hopper (Google's US-UK-Spain cable). Barcelona's Cable Landing Station connects to major transatlantic and European routes. 2Africa — Meta's 37,000km system connecting Europe to 18 African and Middle Eastern countries — also lands in Spain. The Anjana cable (connecting US to Santander) is planned. For enterprises with transatlantic or Africa/Middle East routing requirements, Spain's cable geography is genuinely strategic.