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Telefónicawatch: core market cutbacks
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including cost reduction plans in Spain and Germany, and B2B tie-ups with CrowdStrike, Crout, Thales, and others. Read more…
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Latest Telefónicawatch Reports
Telefónicawatch Analyst Report #204 – June-July 2026
Key stories include: Group-led Gigafactory bid is a go | Vivo does a tidy-up on fibre | O2 hands star role to Jarvis AI | Spain beefs up telco backup | VM O2 changes cloud course | and much more…
Telefónicawatch Analyst Report #203 – June 2026
Key stories include: Q1: Leadership prunes to promote new growth | Microwave upgrade for home market | Group lends Google some sovereign cred | Vivo secures another IoT mega‑deal | D2D trials: O2 teams with OQ | and much more…
Telefónicawatch Analyst Report #202 – May 2026
Key stories include: Sell-off sees Telefónica go ex-Mexico | Defence alliance with Indra mooted | Group looks to edge into new markets | Tech pulls up SOCs with AI upgrade | New O2 boss makes mark with reorg | and much more…
Germany’s O2 lines up job cuts as turnaround plan moves up a gear
Openreach commercial exec joins nexfibre as CCO
Virgin Media O2 hit with £28m fine over contract cancellation failings
Germany’s O2 ties with Crout on IoT backup
Telefónica Peoplewatch: recalibrating O2 adds strategy chief; VM O2 bolsters B2C
Tesco Mobile denies rumours of return to UK broadband fray
Telefónica ‘completes’ Spanish edge site rollout
VM O2 plans ‘extensive’ autonomous networks ramp-up
Optimising Virgin Media O2 joins BT and VodafoneThree in laying down 2G switch-off schedule
O2 Germany taps Blue Planet’s AI agents to automate network slicing
Financial & PerformanceSpanish upstart Digi goes public, nets €150m for expansion
Low-price disruptor Digi Spain bolsters its challenge to rivals Telefónica, MásOrange, and Vodafone Spain with an over-subscribed stock market float.
Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch: core market cutbacks
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including cost reduction plans in Spain and Germany, and B2B tie-ups with CrowdStrike, Crout, Thales, and others. Read more…
OperationsTelefónica fibre partner Atelco said to file for bankruptcy after Spanish contract loss
Telefónica fibre services subcontractor reportedly files for insolvency after losing critical ‘local loop’ contract, with union talks over future of workforce underway. Telefónica said to have aimed to simplify operations with the renewal, as part of wider cost-cutting measures that include renegotiating supplier deals…
Telefónicawatch MWC roundup: Murtra’s European merger masterplan
Telefónica Chile becomes latest unit to go in Group’s Hispam exit
Telefónica bids farewell to Colombia; cut-price Millicom deal wrapped up
Telefónica takes another step towards Colombian exit door
Telefónica said to hold off on Venezuela exit amidst uncertainty
Openreach commercial exec joins nexfibre as CCO
Ex-Openreach commercial and wholesale leader Ses Indy recruited as Chief Commercial Officer at nexfibre. The altnet views the exec’s experience as valuable as it seeks to become a ‘scaled’ challenger to Openreach, and as it moves forward with proposed Substantial Group acquisition…
Telefónica Peoplewatch: recalibrating O2 adds strategy chief; VM O2 bolsters B2C
May 2026–July 2026 update: A roundup of high-level moves at Spanish giant, including: strategic appointments at Virgin Media O2 and Telefónica Deutschland, as northern core market businesses continue to pursue a turnaround; a “comprehensive” restructure at telco adtech venture Utiq; and news of post-Telefónica jobs for former Executive Committee figures Enrique Blanco and Ronan Dunne.
Telefónica expands Venezuela CEO’s remit ahead of planned exit
Operating business hands President responsibilities to CEO Antonio Valente Izzi, as José Luis Rodriguez Zarco steps down and returns to Spain. Change comes as the Group plans to exit Venezuela — one of two remaining markets to go as part of wider Hispam sell-off…