Overview
- The draft would require first-tier sites to run 24 hours on backup power, intermediate sites 12 hours, and other public communications installations at least 4 hours, maintaining mobile service for 85% of the population.
- Operators must submit a General Security Plan plus specific plans by network, service and incident type, and 112 emergency centers as well as their connectivity providers must file security plans.
- Incident reporting is tightened with an initial notice due within one hour, periodic updates and a final report, with incident categories defined by scale and impact under oversight of the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure.
- Government analysis estimates reinforcement at €50.96–€72.8 million, or about €7,000 per mobile site, noting only roughly 30% of Spain’s 10,400 antennas currently have four-hour backup and about 7,280 sites would need upgrades.
- The text codifies exceptional, temporary state control of services in emergencies with court notification within 24 hours and review within 48 hours, and the public consultation runs until January 8.