Vodafone displays the largest public Wi -Fi network in Spain connecting all Andalusia. Even the Alhambra

Vodafone and the Junta de Andalucía have announced in the MWC 2025 – and among mutual praise – the implementation of the largest public Wi -Fi network in Spain, connecting 3,100 administrative venues in 700 Andalusian municipalities.

The Vuela Plan offers free Internet access for 8 million citizens and public employees through an infrastructure that has required 27,000 access points and 800 km wiring.

Why it is important. The network guarantees universal Internet access throughout Andalusia, in view of “overcoming the digital divide” and modernizing public administration.

The infrastructure allows any Andalusian to connect to the Internet for free to any of the administrative venues, from small municipalities to hospitals, through historical buildings such as The Alhambrawhere the installation works were extended for almost a year to respect their patrimonial value, according to the announcement of the Teleco.

In figures. The project has meant a massive technological deployment that we do not remember precedents in the Spanish public administration.

• 27,000 Wi -Fi access points.
• 4,500 concentrators installed.
• 800 kilometers of wiring.
• 700 connected municipalities.
• 82 Coordinated organizations in the deployment.

In detail. The plan flies, announced by Antonio SanzDirector of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification of the Junta de Andalucía, Structure connectivity in three different networks that fulfill specific functions according to the type of user.

1. The Vuela network offers public access with safe authentication for citizens.
2. The corporate network connects public employees in the 5,500 headquarters allowing mobility between buildings.
3. The third is dedicated to IoT devices to manage sensors, hospital equipment and asset location.

During the presentation, the counselor has talked about increasing the utility for the citizen and “being more agile”, coming to talk about the ability to attract Digital nomads. “No one is left behind.”

Between bambalins. The deployment has had to overcome several technical and logistics challenges to respect the characteristics of each space.

It has been necessary to adapt the installation to hospitals with strict protocols, remote municipalities or protected historical buildings. The network has a dedicated core that guarantees professional benefits, similar to those of any commercial operator.

And now what? The network solves the poor connectivity that affected many administrative buildings, as stated during the presentation, and responds to the demand for a Wi -Fi network.

Now citizens will have internet in health centers, libraries and public offices where there was not before. O It was limited to the cable for employees.

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