Four months after acquiring Jazztel's, Orange has increased its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) target by 40%, aiming to hit 14 million homes by the end of 2020.
Budgeting for a total investment of up to €1.7 billion, Orange intends to double Spain's fibre-connected households from the current 5.2 million homes to ten million by 2016. Four years later, the French telco aims to reach 14 million FTTH homes, covering over 80% of all Spanish cities, with more than 20,000 inhabitants.
Orange is also pursuing a €1.5 billion investment programme in its 4G network, in order to reach 95% of the Spanish population by 2017. At the end of 2015, Orange's 4G network will provide coverage in 1,300 cities across Spain.
Both plans are part of Orange's strategy to invest in very high speed broadband networks in order to meet strong demand from customers for content and services.