After Pepephone, Orange and Vodafone, Yoigo and MásMóvil announce exceptional measures to help more than 6,100 people that have been affected by the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma. The volcano has entered a more explosive phase and the lava is advancing with less speed. Just as a few days ago it was assured that soon the lava rivers would flow into the sea, now this aspect is not so clear and the decrease in the speed in the advance of the lava is causing the formation of solidified lava walls of more than eight meters high.
Yoigo and MásMóvil announce that they will apply a 50% discount on their convergent fees during the middle of September to all their clients on La Palma.
Free 20GB voucher for convergent and mobile-only customers
In addition to the discounts applied in convergent fees, MásMóvil will also give a 20GB Bonus to all its mobile customers that are convergent including all the mobile lines of the convergent customer and another 20 GB to the mobile-only customers for this month of September. .
Movistar has not yet manifested
Among the big operators in making a solidarity gesture For the palm tree population affected by the Cumbre Vieja volcano, only Movistar remains to demonstrate and it is most likely that it will do so before the end of the week.
The lava is destroying everything in its path: homes, growing areas and is causing great damage to fiber optic deployments on the island. Some operators such as Orange have announced that they will bring equipment to La Palma to avoid and guarantee that they do not occur cuts in service. The current situation is that the gases emitted by the volcano will soon reach the Valencian coast and Catalonia.
As we told you during this week, it was to be expected that more operators would join the Pepephone’s solidarity initiative. The island of La Palma is experiencing a historical event as well as hard for all its inhabitants. The latest news suggests that the volcano may continue to be active for around 3 months.