Movistar Outage Disrupts 100,000 Spanish Businesses
A major Telefónica-owned Movistar failure has knocked out telephony, mobile, and fibre services across Spain, halting taxi bookings and hotel.
Key Points
- Outage affects ~100,000 businesses, disrupting fixed-line, mobile, and fibre services.
- Taxi firms can't handle bookings; hotels struggle with digital operations.
- Issue escalated rapidly this morning, confirmed by Downdetector and user reports.
- Telefónica advises hotspots as workaround; root cause undisclosed.
A widespread Movistar outage has disrupted services for around 100,000 Spanish businesses, halting operations at taxi firms and hotels unable to handle calls or essential digital tasks.
The Telefónica-owned operator experienced a major failure this morning across Spain, knocking out fixed-line telephony, mobile connections, and fibre services for thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises. What began as an isolated issue during the early hours rapidly escalated at the start of the working day, sources including Downdetector reported, with user complaints surging online.
The problem primarily hit bundled packages like Movistar Fusión, affecting cloud-based switchboards alongside fibre and mobile links. Taxi services ground to a halt without phone access for bookings, while hotel establishments struggled to process digital operations, paralysing daily business.
Telefónica confirmed its technical teams are working urgently to fix the issue but has not disclosed the root cause. The company has posted updates on its customer service channels and advised affected businesses to use temporary workarounds, such as mobile hotspots, to limit disruptions.
No timeline for full restoration has been given, and the incident's scale continues to unfold as more reports emerge.
Original Sources
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