La CNMC abre un expediente sancionador a Lyntia tras su compra de la fibra óptica de Iberdrola
El regulador estima un incumplimiento de las obligaciones de información asumidas tras la adquisición en 2019 de la red de cable de la eléctrica
The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has initiated a sanctioning procedure against Lyntia Networks following its acquisition of optical fiber rights from Iberdrola. According to a resolution approved by the Competition Division of the regulator on July 26th, Lyntia is accused of breaching information and surveillance conditions attached to the authorization of the Iberdrola fiber rights acquisition in July 2019.
The inquiry concluded that Lyntia failed to submit its annual reports for 2023 and 2024, and that the provided documentation was incomplete, lacking data on unserved contract requests and client contractual renewals. The original transaction, authorized on July 30, 2019, required Lyntia to maintain an undiscriminating dark fiber offer at market prices and guarantee the renewal of existing contracts under equivalent conditions with certain conditions.
Lyntia was obligated to submit annual data about network capacity, commercial offers, denied requests and contractual incidents within the first quarter of each year. However, Lyntia only submitted the 2023 report on June 13, 2024, and the 2024 data on November 5, 2025, both after the specified deadlines. Lyntia claimed the delays were due to corporate restructuring and internal organizational changes.
The Competition Division rejected these arguments, stating that internal restructuring does not exempt companies from adhering to firm CNMC resolutions. Additionally, investigations revealed substantial omissions in Lyntia's reports, including 20 unserved contract requests from Correos Telecom between 2020 and 2023, 15 resolvements or renewals from Vodafone, and eight canceled tracts from Orange.
Despite acknowledging 42 contract violations in its 2023 annual report, Lyntia still failed to comply with the third (maintaining and facilitating information) and fourth (deadlines and content of periodic data submission) most crucial commitments. Consequently, the CNMC has instructed the Competition Division to initiate a sanctioning procedure and continue surveillance of the case. A contencious-administrative appeal to the Audiencia Nacional is possible within two months.
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