by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Spain Telecom, Media & Tech, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSpain has built a real startup ecosystem across two cities with different characters: Barcelona for consumer, marketplace and mobility companies with a heavily international founder base, and Madrid for business-to-business, fintech and enterprise...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Spain Telecom, Media & Tech, Startup
⚡ TL;DRSpain has already done what the rest of European telecoms is asking permission to do. The merger of Orange Spain and MásMóvil into MasOrange and the sale of Vodafone Spain to Zegona reduced the market from four national operators to three,...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Spain Telecom, Media & Tech, Startup
⚡ TL;DRIndra is the company through which Spain is attempting to build a national defence champion. The state holds around 28% and has been explicit about wanting the group to consolidate the Spanish defence industry, at a moment when European rearmament has...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Spain Telecom, Media & Tech, Startup
⚡ TL;DRTelefónica spent 2025 being remade. A Saudi telecoms group and the Spanish state both built stakes of around 10%, the board replaced an 18-year chief executive with Marc Murtra from defence company Indra in January 2025, and in November the company...
by Ekrem Duman | Sep 2, 2026 | Spain Telecom, Media & Tech, Startup
⚡ TL;DRAmadeus is the most globally significant technology company Spain has produced and one that almost no consumer recognises. It operates the distribution system connecting airlines, hotels and other travel providers to agencies and online booking sites, and...
