At stake in the contest were three territorial demarcations: A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela and the rest of Galicia.

[citation needed] During 2006, R expanded its geographic operations, offering direct access services to small areas in Galicia such as Monforte de Lemos, Sarria, Sada, O Porriño and A Laracha.

[4] R provides television, broadband Internet, and mobile telephony services to over 820,000 homes and companies in the Galicia region.

[citation needed] In April 2010, British private equity firm CVC Capital Partners acquired a 35% stake in R.[1][5] In November, CVC exercised an option to increase its stake to 70%[6] in an agreement in which the current shareholders looked for "to guarantee the future of the Galicia City of the project, keeping its current social headquarters".

[need quotation to verify] In February 2014, CVC acquired the remaining 30% of the stock from NCG Banco.