Spain mandates 4-hour mobile network backup power

Spain required telecom operators to provide four hours of backup power for mobile network coverage zones under a Royal Decree presented by Digital Transformation Minister Óscar López at the DigitalES Summit.

Spain's Royal Decree on Security and Resilience of electronic communications networks requires telecom operators to deploy backup battery infrastructure across mobile network coverage zones. The requirement applies to mobile service continuity during electricity outages.

Óscar López, Spain's Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, presented the measure during the DigitalES Summit. According to the decree terms described in the source, carriers must guarantee four hours of continuous mobile network operation.

The source describes the policy as a mandate on telecom operators in Spain and frames it as part of network security and resilience rules. The available source text does not name specific operators, implementation dates, penalties, or technical deployment details beyond the four-hour backup requirement.