Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones

What Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones does

Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones (ISC) is a Spanish privately held S.A. founded in 1987 in Barcelona by Francisco Boltes Mir, specializing in low-voltage telecommunications and electrical infrastructure installation and maintenance. The company delivers fiber-optic networks, structured cabling (CommScope SYSTIMAX), radiocommunications, digital signage, intelligent public-address systems, and large-scale LED lighting retrofits, with a dedicated R&D department and certified engineering staff averaging more than 15 years of tenure.

ISC generates revenue through a mix of one-off installation projects and multi-year maintenance contracts awarded predominantly via Spanish public-sector tenders. Key clients include Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB/FMB), the Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), Indra, RESCAT, Global España, and Cobra Instalaciones; notable projects include a ~€350K FGC fiber/network-security rollout, a 3-year Metro Barcelona lighting maintenance contract, a 3,000+ luminaire LED retrofit at PRBB, and intelligent PA systems across more than 100 FGC stations. Approximately 70% of revenue is concentrated in Catalonia.

The company operates from its Barcelona headquarters (30 staff) and a Madrid office (18 staff) opened in 2024, holds ISO 9001/14001/27001, ENS, Schneider EcoXpert, and Achilles Protrans certifications across 52 product categories, and is positioned as a qualified specialist contractor for safety-critical public infrastructure deployments rather than a mass-market installer.

Name

Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones

Legal name

Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones, S.A.

Website

https://isc1987.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones is a Barcelona-founded (1987) Spanish telecommunications and low-voltage infrastructure installer serving public-sector transport, research, and government clients through fiber-optic, structured cabling, radiocommunications, and LED/intelligent PA system deployments and maintenance contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Installation Projects: Project-based revenue from installation of telecommunications infrastructure including fiber optic networks, structured cabling, radiocommunications systems, CCTV, and public address systems for transport authorities and government entities.
2. Maintenance Contracts: Ongoing maintenance contracts for installed systems including preventive and corrective maintenance of lighting systems, communications equipment, and security systems. Includes service hours agreements (e.g., 1,000 hours maintenance contract).
3. Advertising Support Services: Maintenance and support services for advertising infrastructure including MUPI supports, columns, billboards including fixation, electrical maintenance, digital systems, and assembly of new supports.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ISC designs, installs, and maintains telecommunications and audiovisual infrastructure for public transport authorities, government institutions, and commercial clients in Spain. Core offerings include fiber optic networks, structured cabling (voice and data), radiocommunications systems, low-voltage electrical installations, and digital signage, delivered as end-to-end turnkey solutions spanning project design, equipment supply, installation, and ongoing preventive/corrective maintenance.

Product overview

ISC (Instalaciones y Servicios de Comunicaciones) offers a portfolio of integrated communication and installation services organized around six core offerings: Redes de Voz y Datos (voice and data networks), Fibra Óptica (fiber optic services), Baja Tensión (low voltage electrical), Radiocomunicaciones (radio communications), Digital Signage (digital signage solutions), and Otros Servicios (other services including advertising support maintenance). These services are delivered as comprehensive, turnkey solutions spanning project design, equipment supply and installation, and ongoing maintenance. The company also provides specialized offerings such as intelligent public address systems and previously offered thermographic detection and disinfection systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Redes de Voz y Datos (Voice and Data Networks)

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ luminaries replaced with LED solutions in PRBB project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CommScope / SYSTIMAXcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for structured cabling solutions. ISC is a partner of CommScope SYSTIMAX, incorporating SYSTIMAX 2.0 solutions based on copper, fiber, network intelligence, extended distance edge solutions, and first-class customer support into their installations.
• Schneider Electric EspañacoreTechnology or IntegrationEcoXpert certified partner for energy management and automation solutions. Enables ISC to provide sustainable infrastructure solutions with certified energy efficiency expertise.
• Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term strategic partner for railway communications infrastructure. ISC has been awarded contracts for installation of network electronics, communications, security equipment across FGC stations, offices and workshops.
• Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona (FMB) / TMBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for metro communications and lighting infrastructure. ISC awarded 3-year maintenance contract for lighting systems in Metro de Barcelona stations.
• Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios S.A.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject collaboration partner for PRBB lighting renovation project where ISC works alongside Cobra on the LED modernization initiative.
• IndraminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndustry partner for traffic regulation and control systems. ISC provides maintenance and supply services for traffic control installations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SICE: Spanish transport-systems integrator that designs, installs and maintains telecommunications, signalling, ticketing and traffic control systems for transit authorities across Spain and Latin America. Direct overlap with ISC on FGC/TMB-class rail communications deployments and intelligent-transport systems.
• Comfica: Spanish telecom infrastructure integrator delivering fiber, radio, structured cabling and managed network services to operators and enterprises. Highly comparable offering and target customer mix to ISC's Redes de Voz y Datos and Radiocomunicaciones lines.
• Dominion: Spanish industrial-services and technology-installation company active in telecom networks, energy and multi-site installations. Operates comparable install-and-maintain service lines for utilities and large enterprise clients across Iberia.
• Abentia Telecom: Madrid-based telecommunications infrastructure integrator focused on fiber deployment, radio networks and smart-city projects across Spain. Comparable SME-scale competitor bidding on the same public-sector and transport tenders.
• Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios S.A. ACS Group subsidiary providing telecom and electrical infrastructure installation and maintenance in Spain — already a working partner of ISC on the PRBB LED retrofit. Same customer base (utilities, transport, government) and end-to-end install-and-maintain model, but much larger scale.
• Sampol: Mallorca-based Spanish engineering and installation group with telecommunications, electrical and energy-efficiency divisions. Same family-business heritage and comparable capacity to deliver turnkey communications and lighting projects for public and private clients.

Others

• Cellnex Telecom: Europe's largest independent tower and broadcast-infrastructure operator, headquartered in Barcelona. Indirectly comparable: ISC has the radio-communications and tower-installation capability that supports broadcast/emergency networks typical of Cellnex sites, and Spain-based overlap is significant.
• Schneider Electric España: EcoXpert partner of ISC and strategic supplier of energy-management and automation equipment used in ISC's LED and low-voltage projects. Adjacent rather than competing, but certifies ISC's technical credibility and is itself a potential channel or prime-contractor partner.

Broad incumbents

• Elecnor: Large Spanish EPC and infrastructure operator with substantial telecom and electrical-installation activity. Overlaps with ISC's low-voltage and fiber businesses and routinely bids for the same public-tender framework contracts at a national scale.
• Indra: Large Spanish IT/transport-systems prime contractor — ISC works with Indra as a maintenance sub-contractor on Barcelona traffic-control systems. Indra competes for the same transport authority contracts at the top end and sets the technical bar smaller installers must integrate with.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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