Premium Telefonicawatch Insight: analysing the labyrinth that is Spain's global telco giant – Page 42
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PremiumTelefónica Alumni People Moves, August-September 2019
Latest people movements include: Shadi Halliwell.
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PremiumH1 FY19: confident Telefónica cruising on
Telefónica on track for year, with management confident long-running strategy is beginning to pay off. Revenue and profit growing organically, but change in accounting standards may be flattering numbers. Operating costs floating up on digital transformation projects and to fuel the value-add commercial strategy. Latin America enterprise business growing ...
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PremiumTelefónica beefs-up Google Cloud offering
Enterprise multi-cloud menu now boasts anchor-triumvirate of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
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PremiumNokia goes for gold with 5TONIC
Nokia is muscling in on the Telefónica-research initiative that had previously been Ericsson’s playground, although the Swedish vendor continues to deliver technology including standalone 5G NR. Telefónica and partners maintain an influential role in EU efforts to explore new 5G industrial use cases.
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PremiumTelefónica banks on Alcobendas as new 5G city
Now five 5G Technological Cities, including Barcelona. Underpinned by ZTE-supplied 5G NR SA “most advanced 5G trial network to date”. Santander, Hitachi Vantara and Idronia partnered for financial services and edge computing use cases.
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PremiumTelefónica Empresas flags contracts with Bankia, Santalucia
Telefónica Empresas collaborate with Spanish banking group Bankia on development of office equipment monitoring platform. Telefónica Empresas sign deal with Santalucia to upgrade communications network and IT environment.
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PremiumTelefónica financial roundup, July 2019
Norway increases stake in Telefónica. KPN completes offload of Telefónica stake.
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PremiumEzentis renews contract with Telefónica|Vivo
Maintenance partner Ezentis keeps reeling-in contracts with Telefónica’s Latin America operating businesses.
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PremiumChile: IDEMIA awarded verification contract
New verification technology from IDEMIA is expected to simplify the process of signing contract customers in Chile. Latest deal builds on success for the vendor in providing subscription management services in the country.
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PremiumColombia: IBM and Telefónica collaborate on automation
As Telefónica builds momentum on the use of bots within an automated network environment, IBM is providing technology and support to migrate customer management processes to bot-based systems. Telefónica Colombia centre of excellence on automation collaborating with KPMG on ongoing developments.
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Products & ServicesMovistar Ads reaches Colombia
Movistar Colombia is building on earlier adoption of LUCA data solutions to enable new revenue-generating digital offerings for advertisers.
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PremiumTecnotree beds down in Peru
A new service delivery platform using microservice orchestration is expected to enable faster and more flexible development of commercial propositions for Movistar customers in Peru.
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PremiumGermany: O2 goes OTT for TV, again
O2 Germany is resetting its commercial video offering through a partnership with Waipu.tv that more closely resembles a conventional pay-TV product. Latest app-based service adopts a similar technological approach to earlier attempts to break into the market, but with beefed-up content and accessibility.
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PremiumSpain: Telefónica demos potential of IP Fusión upgrade
Huawei technology remains critical within Telefónica’s network upgrade plans for Spain. Photonic mesh infrastructure development is enabling faster transmissions over longer distances, with improved reliability. EXFO testing role in service development flagged.
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PremiumSpain: Movistar intensifies premium approach
Movistar España is aiming to protect its big-spending customer base with VIP customer service benefits, as it continues to pursue a ‘more for more’ strategy. Commercial offering increasingly diversified through new digital services intended to bring Movistar customer relationship into new markets. While protecting its most valuable exclusive content, ...
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PremiumO2 UK addresses patchy coverage with WIG
O2 UK boasting of substantial performance gains from a partnership with WIG in high-footfall public spaces. While O2 stressed a multi-million investment with the neutral-host service provider, arrangements for use of the WIG network remain non-exclusive.
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Public AffairsOfcom imposes more openness on O2 UK and industry
The UK regulator is requiring more transparency from communications providers, with new rules coming into force in 2020.
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PremiumOfcom launch consultation on proposed amendments to spectrum licences
Ofcom launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the spectrum licences held by the UK’s mobile network operators that would reportedly support the introduction of 5G services in the country.
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Public AffairsTelefónica UK called to a private meeting with US government officials
Telefónica UK, alongside its local operator peer, was called to a private meeting with US government officials warning of the risks of deploying 5G equipment from Huawei Technologies in future networks.
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PremiumTelefónica España 5G pilot taking off
Further information emerged on the 5G trials to be undertaken by Telefónica España and its partners in the Galicia region of the country.