Telefónica Deals
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M&ATelefónica secures deal to sell Hispam B2B interests
Spanish group agrees a multi-layered deal to offload Telefónica Tech businesses in three Hispam markets but while also ensuring its maintains services for MNC clients.
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch: another JMAP-era exec exits; Gayo gets buying; IT vendors net handouts
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of the latest developments at Spain’s re-morphing incumbent, as 2025’s dramatic strategy and personnel changes continue all the way up to the end of the year. Finance chief Laura Abasolo’s departure is confirmed, as part of another top exec layer rejig. And partnerships with Prosegur and Nato move forward as Group targets tech growth. Read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesO2 makes latest AI move with refreshed Capgemini deal
Operator to implement AI solutions from Capgemini under renewed agreement, seeking to develop new services and drive user experience improvements…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica said to advance defence push with NATO innovation tie-up
Telco reportedly set to provide access to R&D infrastructure, including The ThinX lab and quantum comms network, through the defence org’s innovation scheme. Development expands Telefónica’s NATO relationship, as it looks to ramp up defence investment…
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Suppliers & SCMTata wins big as Virgin Media O2 outsources IT — report
UK operator said to have signed a billion-dollar deal with Indian IT services giant. VM O2 has been handed a mandate from Madrid to modernise systems and processes, and has mooted a major external sourcing agreement to come…
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo buys back cybersecurity unit from Telefónica
Operating business takes back control of assets held under Telefónica Tech’s national cybersecurity unit as it preps to accelerate expansion in digital B2B services under Telefónica Group’s revamped strategy…
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Content & TVFootball rights: Telefónica splashes €2.6bn on La Liga renewal
Operator renews broadcasting rights for half of the La Liga football matches between 2027 and 2032, with DAZN taking the other half. Telefónica affirmed it will “take the necessary steps” to continue providing 100% of matches for its customers…
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M&ATelefónica mulls offers for logistics unit Zeleris — report
Telco has reportedly kicked off another sale process for its distribution and logistics unit, with OnTime and Everwood Capital suggested to be frontrunners for the buy…
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Partnerships & AlliancesGermany: O2 refreshes Nokia RAN deal for five more years
Operator to implement new solutions and continue using equipment from Nokia in its RAN until 2030. The contract is the latest that has been firmed up by a major European operator in recent months, and comes as Germany seeks to clamp down on 5G equipment from ‘high-risk’ vendors…
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M&ATelefónica, Vodafone Spain secure AXA backing for fibre JV
Operator duo firm up investment from AXA for their Fiberpass joint venture, with the asset manager seeing it as a “rare opportunity” to expand in a key European market. Zegona affirmed the move “completes” Vodafone Spain’s fibre transformation strategy, as wider cost-cutting programme starting to show results…
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M&ATelefónica assumes full command of FiBrasil with CDPQ buyout completion
Vivo completes acquisition of the 50% stake held by its FiBrasil joint venture partner CDPQ, aligning with Telefónica’s refreshed strategy to become more hands-on when it comes to managing network and infrastructure assets…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica widens tie-up with part-owner stc into satcomms
Telecoms duo to collaborate on developing multi-orbit satellite solutions, further strengthening their existing relationship…
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M&AProsegur: Telefónica home security JV ‘not on table’
Operator’s partner happy to sit on fast-growing alarm joint venture, despite signals that its worth may have more than trebled since being formed six years ago. The success of rival Verisure’s recent IPO has been noted but will not prompt a similar move by Prosegur in the short term, CFO indicates.
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M&ATelefónica makes another Hispam withdrawal: pockets $380m Ecuador deal
Spanish group secures another wadge of cash to pay down debt by completing a sale of Telefónica Ecuador to regional peer Millicom. While Telefónica cannot get out of Hispanoamérica fast enough, Millicom is bulking its regional business up and out, talking up Ecuador as a “high potential market” with “solid” macro fundamentals.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica doing the maths on 1&1 tie-up: report
Report indicates the Spanish group is considering reigniting links with 1&1, Germany’s fourth telco, in a bid to revive its local fortunes. But both face a bewildering range of options (and challenges) as they seek to regain growth…
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: Murtra wants a New Deal on new deals
The latest news and developments from around Telefónica, as Executive Chair Marc Murtra reiterates call for European authorities to free telcos to merge, and gain scale against global rivals. Unions, meanwhile, begin to take an interest in what the operator’s coming strategy refresh could mean for its workforce in Spain. Read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica taps OpenAI to give German customers an AI boost
Operator kicks off partnership with OpenAI with free, limited-time ChatGPT Plus subscriptions for existing customers, with plans to expand its relationship with the AI giant “in the coming months”…
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M&ATelefónica’s Hispam roll-back continues
Spanish group has now firmed deals to offload more than half of its regional business in Hispanoamérica, after gaining a nod from competition regulators for exits from Ecuador and Uruguay. Four further operations remain on Telefónica’s to-sell list as it re-directs resource and attention towards Brazil and Europe.
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M&ATelefónica cleared to exit Uruguay
Uruguayan government clears path for Telefónica to close sale of local business to Millicom, furthering the Spanish group’s busy deal-making agenda.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica Deutschland strikes fibre wholesale deal with Eurofiber
Operator signs fixed access agreement with Berlin-focused fibre operator to bring Gigabit broadband offerings to a wider customer base. Pair working towards go-live next year, as Eurofiber promotes open access benefits…