Spain – Page 3
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M&AMásOrange, Vodafone Spain name GIC as fibreco investment partner
Operator duo to offload a minority stake in their upcoming Spanish fibre JV to Singapore sovereign wealth fund, announcing MásOrange’s acquisition of Conexus Networks as part of the deal.
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Financial & PerformanceRefresh pays off at Prosegur-Telefónica home security JV
Spanish operator’s home security partner talks up value of joint venture, and wider connected-alarms business, as user base passes one million…
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch Analyst Briefing: H1 results, M&A in France, and interviews with Orange Business execs
Latest from Orange, including the analysis of the Group’s recent earnings call; ongoing speculation about M&A in France and the future of SFR; interviews with a series of senior execs; and the latest from Spain…
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M&AInvestor Arjun enters data centre market with Data4 stake buy
Arjun Infrastructure Partners acquires minority stake in Data4’s “stabilised” data centre portfolio, boosting the provider’s European expansion plans. Move further bulks up Arjun’s digital portfolio following significant fibre buys. Read more…
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PeopleTelefónica brings boss of partner Atento onto board
More new faces join Spanish group’s Board of Directors as Anna Martínez and Mónica Rey (the CEO of outsourcing partner Atento) come in for two departing independent members.
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Network & InfraSpanish energy giant Iberdrola expands into data centres
Ireland’s Echelon teams up with Spanish energy group to collaborate on data centre development in the latter’s domestic market, with first project in Madrid to become the latest 100MW+ facility in the country…
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Financial & PerformanceOrange ‘ready to engage’ in M&A talks in France — Heydemann
H1 FY25: Orange remains convinced of need for consolidation in France, although potential sale of SFR remains up in the air ahead of a court decision on Altice France debt restructuring plan.
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M&AMásOrange, Vodafone Spain reach final stages of fibre JV stake sale — report
Deal to offload stake in €8bn Surf fibreco said to be imminent, helping clarify MásOrange value ahead of potential 2026 IPO, as well as demonstrating massive 18-month value accretion at Zegona…
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B2BTelefónica Tech takes Perplexity into Spanish B2B
Building on Telefónica’s Perplexity offering for consumers, Telefónica Tech has teamed with ‘$18bn’ AI search scaleup to provide its enterprise software version to B2B customers in Spain.
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Network & Infra‘Being Level 4’: Telefónica CTIO eyes 2030 hyper-automation goal
Deep dive: Tech boss Andrea Folgueiras indicates Telefónica has now got several high-level autonomous networking projects up and running, delivering tangible business impact. But autonomy has still only been achieved in pockets, and the operator remains in the early stages of a transformation journey targeting near-full Level 4 status by 2030…
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Public AffairsCNMC ruling ignites spat over Telefónica wholesale price hike
CNMC’s attempt to recalibrate duct access pricing under MARCo regulation has triggered outrage across Spain’s telecoms sector…
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PeopleHacker turned referee: Telefónica’s ex-digital chief signs as football tech advisor
Telefónica’s former digital guru Chema Alonso appointed AI and tech advisor for Spain’s football governing body and a director at Europa Press news agency.
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Products & ServicesMásOrange targets €1.5bn from Zurich insurance collab
Spanish telco teams up with Zurich Seguros to expand its portfolio of insurance offerings in hunt for a €1.5bn sales boost over the next ten years…
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PeopleCEO Maestre leaves Telefónica Peru as new owner resets top team
Long-time Telefónica exec Elena Maestre has left Integratel Peru as the former Hispanoamérica operating business undergoes post-sale restructuring.
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M&ATelefónica to take control of FiBrasil JV in €132m deal
Telefónica’s Brazilian business has agreed a deal to buy out its fibre joint venture partner in a further sign that the Spanish group is now keen to up consolidation and control over past infrastructure side-ventures.
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: Murtra’s M&A mantra
Reports indicate the Spanish group could cash in on a significant chunk of its Vivo stake to bolster the financial platform for its upcoming new strategy. Investment and M&A speculation also continues to swirl around UK asset Virgin Media O2 and a big-bang return to the European data centre scene. Read more…
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica to take more ‘calculated risks’ in new strategy, says Murtra
Telefónica’s strategic review is now expected in the fourth quarter this year, as Executive Chairman Marc Murtra envisions more risk taking and calls for a “social contract” with the European Commission that enables national consolidation in exchange for investment.
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PeopleMásOrange appoints new IR head in prep for ‘potential IPO’
Juan José Gaitán moves from Cellnex to take on investor-facing responsibilities at the Spanish operator, with a valuation for a possible IPO and the sale of a stake in the fibre JV with Vodafone Spain on his to-do list.
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Network & InfraTelefónica leads Spain’s bid for EU-backed AI Gigafactory
Telefónica and MasOrange are part of a consortium hoping to win a concession for a large-scale AI data centre in Spain through a €20bn European Union programme aimed at building up the region’s AI infrastructure.
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Financial & PerformanceMixed results fuel Telefónica’s search for stability
Q1 FY25: Quarter’s numbers highlight inconsistency across Telefónica’s international empire, and reliance on Spain and Brazil for growth — fuelling question of whether new leadership team needs to go beyond existing work on Hispam assets when considering future shape of group…