Spain Blackout: Phone, internet services affected weeks after nationwide electricity outage
- Spain experienced a nationwide telecommunications outage on May 20, 2025, disrupting phone and internet services across major cities.
- The outage resulted from a failed network upgrade by Telefonica and came weeks after an extensive power blackout affected Spain and Portugal in late April.
- The disruption began near 2 a.m., causing total loss of landline and mobile signals for 72% of users, and also impacted emergency number 112 in regions including Aragón and Valencia.
- A Telefonica spokesperson stated that efforts are underway to fix the issues, and certain impacted services, including emergency number 112, are now operational again.
- Authorities have provided alternate emergency contact numbers, while Spain's Ministry for Digital Transformation is overseeing the incident closely and has requested detailed information and timelines to resolve the issue.
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