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At the 2013 close, Euskaltel is the second leading cable operator in Spain, the sixth own fixed-line network
operator in terms of customers, the seventh in fixed-line telephony revenue, the ninth operator in Spain in
terms of mobile telephony revenue, sixth in Internet revenue, sixth in number of pay-per-view television
subscribers, and the eighth operator in the country in total revenue. Euskaltel is the leading broadband
operator in the Basque Country, with a market share of 43%, as well as in the digital television market, with a
share of around 60%. Euskaltel is co-leader in the fixed-line telephony market, where it has its own network
and 47% of active lines. In terms of mobile telephone contracts, Euskaltel has a share of 18%, and is very close
to becoming the second leading mobile operator in the Basque Country.
Euskaltel is also the leading alternative operator in the country in terms of share in the fixed
telecommunication market in its area of operation, with levels of penetration in the different businesses
clearly higher than the leading alternative operator in the rest of the country. In fixed telephony, Euskaltel has
a market share of almost 40% in the Basque Country, compared with the 11% share of the leading alternative
operator in the rest of Spain. In broadband, Euskaltel has a penetration of 43% in the Basque Country,
compared to the 12.9% share of the leading alternative operator in the rest of Spain. In digital television,
Euskaltel has a market share of almost 60% in the Basque Country, compared with the 22% share of the leading
alternative operator in Spain.
As for 2014, the projects under way, which have and are yielding results, together with those planned for
2014, particularly in television, in repositioning broadband speeds and in the migration of the wholesale mobile
phone access service provider, are expected to overcome the uncertainties of the market with the success
achieved so far.
Derio, 31 March 2014
