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Suppliers & SCMFortumo provides carrier billing for Movistar España
Movistar España has implemented a carrier-billing platform from mobile commerce company Fortumo.
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Public AffairsTelefónica España fined €3m for breaching obligations
Spanish regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) fined Telefónica España €3m for breaching obligations regarding co-location in its facilities.
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PremiumTelefónica Deutschland’s LTE rollout rolls on, but coverage pressure on
Keeping up its drumbeat of LTE expansion news, Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany) reported that it had built or upgraded 2,200 LTE stations in the first three months of 2019, with the run-rate reaching 800 sites in March 2019 and maintained in April 2019.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica Deutschland introduce smaller SIM card carrier
Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany) introduced a new SIM card carrier that is half the size of the previous iteration, in a move expected to save 30 tonnes of plastic waste per year and reduce transport costs.
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Public AffairsTelefónica Deutschland faces resistance to restructuring programme
Telefónica Deutschland is seeing increasing resistance to its restructuring programme, with the Ver.di union, which represents the operator’s employees, calling for a guarantee that employment levels will remain constant until 2022, coinciding with the anticipated timeframe for the roll out of 5G services.
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Rob Davies leaves O2 to join EMIS Health
Rob Davies, Head of Enterprise Portfolio at O2 UK, joined healthcare software solutions provider EMIS Health as Product Director.
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O2 UK appoint Vodafone exec as Head of Direct Business Partners
O2 UK hired Vodafone executive Gary Hill as Head of Direct Business Partners for the UK & Ireland. Hill was previously Head of Independent Service Provider Channel at the O2 rival.
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Andy Hodgson departs O2 UK
Andy Hodgson, Head of Innovation Labs at O2 UK, left the British operating business to start up his own digital services business.
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James O’Connor O2 UK's new Head of Commercial Marketing
James O’Connor, Head of Pay As You Go at Tesco Mobile, switched to O2 UK as Head of Commercial Marketing.
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Remy appointed Head of IoT Product & Platforms at O2 UK
O2 UK appointed Stephane Remy, formerly Head of Product at British automotive data specialist Autodata, as Head of Internet of Things Product & Platforms.
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O2 UK hire new Head of Automation
O2 UK hired Hamish Tonkin as Head of Automation. Tonkin joins from enterprise insurance provider MS Amlin, where he was Head of Robotic Process Automation and Machine Learning.
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Kennedy becomes giffgaff’s new Head of Commercial Partnerships
Sean Kennedy, Head of Devices and Pricing at giffgaff, took on a new role as Head of Commercial Partnerships.
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Remus Radvan leaves Wayra to join Qualitance
Reemus Radvan, Head of Wayra London Accelerator at Wayra UK, left to join digital solutions vendor Qualitance as Client Partner.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica extends work with Amdocs in LatAm
Amdocs reinforcing its position as a support systems partner-of-choice in Latin America, with continued Blanco blessing. Indications that vendor is in-step with Telefónica priorities surrounding replicability of systems across operating businesses through the use of APIs.
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PremiumTelefónica Business Solutions wins IoT connectivity deal with Schindler
As IoT-based services gain traction as a digital services revenue generator, Telefónica is trumpeting successful deployments in industry.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica launches IoT Cybersecurity Unit with Subex
Telefónica is aiming to build cybersecurity into the foundations of its product portfolio, and new links with long-term partner Subex are expected to enable network-based security for the simplest IoT devices.
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PremiumTelefónica management update: Q1 FY19
Revenue growth strong across the Group, but underlying weakness emerges in profitability. Digitalisation can now be considered the norm across the Group, and creating new growth opportunities. Convergence demand getting hot in most markets, but with UK said to be an exception. Capital expenditure remains significant as long-term benefits ...