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Spain was hit by phone and internet blackouts on Tuesday morning, just weeks after a power failure plunged the country into darkness.
Landline and mobile services were brought down across the country after a botched system upgrade by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica.
The interruption sparked problems for emergency call operators, with some reports that callers were cut off as they tried to speak to hospital staff.
This led to some emergency service providers setting up alternative numbers to ensure households could still get in touch.
Problems first began at about 2am, according to the Downdetector website, with fixed-line internet services most affected. Of those reporting issues, 18pc of them warned of no signal while 10pc said there had been a “total outage”.
Regions thought to be affected by the blackouts include the Basque Country, Andalusia, Aragon and Extremadura.
A spokesman for Telefonica said at lunchtime on Tuesday that the issue had been resolved.
The spokesman added: “This morning we had an incident that affected the fixed communications services of some companies and public services. We have been working from the outset to restore these services, which have now been fully recovered.
“We have activated the incident management committee, we have isolated the affected nodes and we have deployed field staff to resolve specific cases arising from this incident, which has now been resolved.”
Headquartered in Madrid, Telefonica is one of the world’s largest companies in Spain.
It also operates under the Movistar and O2 brands in its home countries, while other assets include Britain’s Virgin Media O2, which it co-owns in a joint venture with Liberty Global.
It comes just weeks after Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France were plunged into chaos amid mass blackouts in late April, which affected around 50m people and stymied public transport and critical infrastructure, as well as ATM machines and phone services.