(Telecompaper) Telefonica has followed Vodafone and launched commercial 5G services throughout Spain, pledging to reach 75 percent of the Spanish population by the end of the year. In a video statement, the company's executive chairman Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete described the deployment as the most ambitious in the European Union. "The launch of 5G is a leap forward towards the hyperconnectivity that will change the future of Spain," he said, adding that "it's 5G for everyone, without any exceptions, in all the autonomous communities".