The number of mobile lines taken out in Spain increased 7.3 percent last year to hit 50.2 million, said the telecoms regulator. Spain has a penetration rate of 112.2 lines per 100 residents, said the CMT. An extra 3.4 million mobile lines were added in 2007, 39.7 percent of which were with Vodafone (1.36 million lines) compared to 35.1 percent with the market leader Movistar (1.2 million). Spain’s fourth mobile operator Yoigo scooped 11.4 percent of new lines, or 389,296 users, while MVNOs got 14.5 percent together, equalt o 495,365 lines. Orange lost 22,832 lines overall after scrapping 500,000 inactive lines in April from its tally. During the year, 4.2 million customers switched operator, 6.4 percent more than 2006.

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