Title: Spain Universal service and regulatory accounting

Language: English

Type: Website

Nature: Government Website

Published: September 14, 2021


Region: Europe and Central Asia

Country: Spain

Sector: Telecom and ICT

Keywords: Telecom and ICT, ICT Core

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Universal Service includes the set of services that are guaranteed to be provided for all end users, regardless of their geographic location, with a specific quality and at an affordable price. The various services included are:

  • The right to connect to the public telephone network from a fixed location that allows functional access to the Internet and to the telephone service available to the public;
  • the right to have guides and query services available for subscribers;
  • public payphones;
  • special rates and conditions for users with disabilities and specific needs;
  • ree phone calls to emergency services; and
  • the phone number query service for subscriber numbers (11818). Availability of these 11818 services ended on 1 January 2012, since the query numbers (118) would then be offered on a competitive basis and maintaining them was no longer necessary as part of the universal service.


Updated: October 25, 2021