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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Weekly: Group spending spree goes on shares, spectrum, and sports…
Telefónicawatch Weekly Briefing includes: laying out nearly €3bn on O2 Germany stake increase and Spain sports streaming rights. Chile’s upcoming 5G auction set to see more cash splashed.
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Network & InfraTelefónica seeks OpenWiFi capacity lift from Helium Network
Group develops proprietary management platform to leverage Nova Labs’ “open-source” network of mobile hotspots for mobile data offload. Tie-up is initially focused on Mexico, but plans are in place to expand across Latin American markets, with hopes to cut infra costs further…
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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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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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PremiumTelefónica people moves: Tech names new AI and big data lead
Telefónica Tech shuffles business intelligence and big data managers.
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PremiumTelefónica people moves: nexfibre fills out C-suite
New C-level appointments made at nexfibre as rollout ramps up. Elsewhere, Unsere Grüne Glasfaser gets a new construction boss, while Virgin Media O2 recruits several new heads of departments.
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Suppliers & SCMDeep dive: Telefónica engages suppliers to fight Scope 3 emissions
Keynoting at Achieving Net Zero in the Telecoms Industry, Daniel Santana lifted the lid on Telefónica’s initiatives to actively tackle emissions across its value chain. Learn more about how this impacts its supply chain, where hundreds have been tagged ‘high risk’, and its ‘circular criteria’, SME outreach, peer comparatives… ...
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica widens satellite horizons with Starlink
Operator charts expansion of Starlink services to cover six markets by the end of 2023.
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Venturing & InvestmentsArdian invests in Mexican wireless infra player
Ardian takes 50% stake in MXT Holdings, marking second transaction made through Americas Infrastructure Fund.
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PremiumTelefónica people moves: Virgin Media O2 names new network build-out leaders
VM O2 recruits new delivery directors to oversee network expansion programme.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica signs up for Starlink in Mexico
Telefónica Mexico claims to be first to offer satellite connectivity via Starlink to business customers in the country.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelxius partners América Móvil on new subsea cable
Providers work with Alcatel Submarine Networks on deployment of Tikal subsea cable.
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PremiumVirgin Media O2’s access director exits
Omar Calvo, brought in to fill CTO vacancy in 2021, departs the operator after two years.
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PremiumTelefónica Mexico torpedoes 5G premium with service launch
New plans undercut rival offerings with focus on lower‑value tariffs, as Movistar seeks to ‘democratise’ 5G access.
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PremiumMovistar exec calls for policy review on network sharing
Ana de Saracho O’Brien wants regulators to make it easier for operators to share active equipment.
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PremiumElsewhere in Hispanoamérica: one million IoT lines connected via Kite platform in Peru
Telefónica goes shopping in Argentina; Movistar Empresas flies Kite in Mexico to reach one million IoT lines.
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PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Hispanoamérica: Tf Peru comes last in Osiptel’s customer service ranking
Work to do in Peru on customer experience and data, as Telefónica ranks last in regulator’s service ratings; Osiptel orders cleansing of up to 400,000 bogus accounts.
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PremiumElsewhere in Hispanoamérica: OB’s ramping up Fibre activity
Hispam OBs step up with new fibre broadband offerings.
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Network & InfraTelefónica Mexico completes migration to AT&T’s network
Traffic transferred to AT&T on time as part of 2019 network-sharing deal.
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PremiumMavenir makes Hispam inroads with “5G‑ready” IMS
Cloud‑native solution to be deployed in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico to support fixed and mobile networks. Implementation to run over Telefónica’s private telco cloud infrastructure. Another signal of Hispam’s regional buying meld.