Latest Telefónica News – Page 8
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PremiumTelefónica|Vivo seeks B2B scale with merger of IT services units
Combination of IT units aimed at achieving scale efficiencies and helping drive growth of operator’s Brazilian B2B ecosystem.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica promises speed boost by taking fibre in-house in Spain
Operator pledges to bring “contracted” speeds to every room with new Wi-Fi amplification solution. Commercial launch of FTTR continues push on fibre services signups as copper shutdown approaches, with potential to generate additional fixed-line revenue and user stickiness.
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Network & InfrastructureAWS and cloud evolution shows the way as operators pursue NaaS
Liberty Global puts NaaS opportunity at around $150bn by the end of the decade, but AWS CTO Ishwar Parulkar urges telcos to look beyond the money, nurture developer relationships, seek unified approach…
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PeopleTelefónica Tech targets LatAm B2B growth with fresh hires
Operator’s B2B digital services arm brings in familiar faces to lead Brazilian and Mexican operations.
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Public AffairsDigi reportedly reaches deal for Orange–MÁSMÓVIL remedies
Bloomberg report indicates that a provisional deal has been agreed that could pave way to approval of contentious Spanish transaction.
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Products & ServicesBrazil’s telco trio bring Open Gateway APIs online
Vivo, Claro, and TIM launch first three standardised open APIs through the GSMA’s initiative, with initial focus on strengthening anti-fraud and security for financial institutions.
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Public AffairsTelefónica ‘switches gears’ on Spanish job cut scheme
Operator to implement ERE incentivised early-retirement plan for first time in eight years, with plan framed as necessary due to “functional excess” of workers. Unions already seeking protections for those affected. Move marks continuation of Spanish personnel cost-cutting drive.
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Network & InfrastructureVM O2 and Community Fibre net London school infra deals
Virgin Media O2 Business to provide and maintain dark fibre infrastructure for nearly 3,000 schools until 2038, via a tweak to LGfL deal. Education-focused broadband trust signs separate Community Fibre contract for added resilience.
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Products & Services1&1 to activate mobile services after 5G added to O2 roaming deal
No details provided about surprise expansion of national roaming deal with O2 Germany.
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Public AffairsTelefónica to ‘firm up’ Spanish job cut plans with unions
Operator to negotiate new incentivised early-retirement plan with the UGT and CCOO, continuing its efforts to reduce personnel costs and simplify structurally.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica SD-WAN upgrade blends partners in Spain
Telefónica Tech evolves FlexWAN security solution with network management tools. Partner roster expanded to Cisco, Fortinet, HPE Aruba, Nokia and Teldat.
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PremiumTelefónica network API charge commences in Brazil; Spain next
Early steps in building Group’s new 2026 strategic revenue stream with Open Gateway network open APIs. Hyperscalers to be given no value quarter, but Chema Alonso’s bookselling business model suboptimal…
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Partnerships & AlliancesGermany’s Freenet eyes opportunities from O2’s 1&1 breakup
Freenet and O2 discuss forming closer bonds after challenger operator defects to Vodafone.
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M&AVirgin Media O2 has ‘six or seven’ UK altnets on M&A radar
Operator looking at several altnets as acquisition targets, says parent Liberty’s CEO Mike Fries, who predicts UK will end up with “just two networks”.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica targets 100m-premises fibre footprint by 2026
Mid-term strategy update sees Telefónica Infra and operating businesses handed twin mission of reaching nine-figure homes passed goal while also supporting the Group’s capex efficiency drive.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica’s ‘Core Four’ concoct plan to address wholesale decline
Q3 FY23: Group seeks to leverage FibreCo spinoffs, defend against uncertain market conditions, and create new revenue streams to offset forecast wholesale revenue decline over next three years.
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Public AffairsPhones 4u trial: UK MNOs cleared of collusion; appeal possible
Tough ruling for administrators who bet tens of millions on winning vast damages with collusion claim. O2, EE, Vodafone and then-parents Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and Orange may have dodged biggest hits, but reputational damage could linger. Read more on ruling, backstory, next…
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M&ATelefónica maintains ‘full optionality’ on non-core Hispam businesses
Q3 FY23: In strategy update, operator indicates it will continue to keep its trimmed-down collection of smaller Latin American assets on a strict cost control regime, flagging consolidation, divestments, and further NetCo ventures as possibilities to protect free cash flow in the next three years.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica Tech charts three-year course towards €3bn revenue target
Division seeks to ease reliance on acquisitions while expanding portfolio of “next-gen” IT solutions to grow total revenue.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica outlines €200m ‘recovery plan’ for German unit, after 1&1 breakup
Loss of major wholesale customer provides a Meerkat Moment for Group to up its ownership of Telefónica Deutschland while also refreshing its German services and partnerships.