This is how your mobile companies worked

Spain is one of the largest e -darkness in its latest history on Monday. At noon, General Failure in the distribution network He left millions of people across the country without light. The situation caused homes, companies, hospitals and damage Many people do not know how to live without an infrastructure: mobile network.

Because? There is no electricity, Mobile Phone Basic Stations Antennas that allow us to combine us with the Entry Internet – They began to leave the energy. Batter -based insulation systems provided resistance for a while, but not designed to withstand so long. Some people are not provided with this type of alternative electricity.

Result: Inability to access the internet in large areas of the country’s larger messages.

In an increasingly dependent situation, blackout revealed the weakness of telecommunications networks that face the power supply crisis. Important operators such as Vodafone, Movistar (Telefenica), Diji and Masorenge are implementing their emergency protocols and are trying to restore services soon.

First since this morning Companies have reported it Its services were retrieved nearly 100%.

What happened to telecommunications

The impact on telecommunications was immediately. Although data centers and key ends have generators for emergencies, most street antennas work with batteries that only provide a few hours of autonomy. When they were exhausted, the real problem began: the network was fragmented.

In the short term, voice calls are available in many areas. Mobile data connections have become unstable or disappeared directly. Applications such as WhatsApp or browsers stopped working for many users. Even some emergency numbers, such as 112, thank their own generators.

Darkness is not just private users. Complex hospital activity, security forces, essential service companies And public administrations that depend on the link to coordinate.

How did Vodafone, Masoranch, Telephonica and Orange acted

Before the extent of darkness, Operators started their crisis groups.

Vodafone was the first to provide official data. According to the company, he already recovered 60% of mobile traffic at 23:00 Monday, although only 50% of the nodes were active.

Recovery advanced early in the morning and At 7:00 am on April 29, Vodafone already reached 95% of traffic With 82% of the operating nodes.

After giving the alarm about national events at 2:30 pm, their mobile network pointed out that “thanks to the” 70% “reserve generators,” but its function depends on the “period of events”.

The operator promised to “take steps to maintain communications from the first moment, Asked users to use the mobile in charge To avoid collapse on the network and suggested to restart Rows From time to time, after recovering the electricity, they were still without contact.

TelephonicEven for its part Your crisis team has been activated to follow the protocols set in your coincidence plan.

From that moment, they have explained today that they are gradually working “continuously” to retrieve the service. They have said that both standard and mobile have already reached more than 90% of traffic, “maintain the services that are essentially identified and rationalize the use of resources.”

From the company, small generators were used at key stations They renovated their networks to prioritize emergency communications. Although they did not provide concrete figures, they confirmed that their priority was to ensure essential services to hospitals, security forces and public administrations.

MarriageUsed to arise from the attachment of orange and mesmville and used its urgent norm He asked users to reduce data and non -essential calls: “To avoid the concentration of emergency services and restore the service as soon as possible, we have begun to limit the necessary communications. In addition, we advise to implement the energy savings system of their devices,” they said.

At this time, More than 90 % of this company’s standard and mobile services already operate normal.

Can read the same message into account OrangeIt asks its users to use the mobile phone. At this time all Spanish provinces have a link, This company was recovered from standard and mobile with more than 90% of the service.

Conclusively At 10:00 am, Digi pointed out that 94% of its fiber service was recoveredAs well as more than 90% of the mobile service.

“We continue to work to restore the normalcy in providing services in DG,” they concluded.

Recovery is not identical. The Vodafone shared in the Vodafone -shared image of the Balleric Islands, Suita and Melilla was able to recover the services quickly, while the Vodafone -shared image could be found in the image of the Vodafone:

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What services were affected

The lack of mobile network, due to lack of electricity, left millions of people in an unusual insulation environment in the 21st century. The blackout has completely hit all telecommunications services: