Telefónica Deals – Page 10
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica turns to space startup to stretch NB-IoT reach
Barcelona startup’s platform to be integrated with Group’s Kite managed IoT offering.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica revives Bluevía brand for Spanish FibreCo
Crédit Agricole Assurances and Vauban Infrastructure Partners to buy 45% of new JV.
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Telefónica Mexico completes migration to AT&T’s network
Traffic transferred to AT&T on time as part of 2019 network-sharing deal.
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Operations
Bracken cools VM O2 ServCo prospects, but fibre JV on track
Liberty CFO Charlie Bracken talks up management benefits of separating infrastructure from service, but imminent hard split not on the cards.
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Mavenir makes Hispam inroads with “5G‑ready” IMS
Cloud‑native solution to be deployed in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico to support fixed and mobile networks. Implementation to run over Telefónica’s private telco cloud infrastructure. Another signal of Hispam’s regional buying meld.
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Telefónica infra buddy Asterion sets up fibre challenger
Group’s partner in data centre operator Nabiax teams with investment peer Teras on fibre play in south of Spain.
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Cornerstone taps Freshwave for London 5G small cells
Next phase in City of London contract adds 5G and multi‑operator support.
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Telefónica pitches Akamai‑backed mobile security
Telefónica Empresas installs mobile network security solution to enterprise devices. Hybrid working driving demand for employee cybersecurity.
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More partners join Tech’s all‑in‑one security play
Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech signs agreements with Cisco, Constella, and Netskope. ‘360‑degree’ managed security services central to unit’s strategy.
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Tech ties up with ASC on Teams
Pair joins forces to provide secure compliance recording for Microsoft Teams. ASC’s Recording Insights solution now available to Telefónica Tech customers.
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Telefónica taps Telesat for 5G orbit launch
US satellite operator Telesat joins Telefónica for 5G LEO trial. Non‑terrestrial 5G seen to be nearing fibre connectivity, with “compelling value proposition” for broader rollout.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica, NTT Data automate logistics robots via 5G
Partners manage autonomous robots at CIE Automotive facility in Spain.
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M&A
Prisa sale calls time on Telefónica political ambitions
Álvarez-Pallete declares the telco “should not be in the business of opinion-making” after offloading the bulk of its 9% stake in Spanish media group Prisa.
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VM O2 taps Amdocs Media for OTT onboarding
New deal looks to build on pre-merger relationship with Amdocs Media.
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O2 sorts out Gigabit wholesale wrangle with Vodafone
“Extension” of Vodafone wholesale deal allows O2 to market internet speeds of up-to-1Gbps to over 22 million cable households.
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Vivo taps AWS, Nokia for 5G SA core
Brazilian OB is firming up key players in its multi-vendor 5G ecosystem.
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Elsewhere in Brazil: Viasat contract extended
Telefónica|Vivo ponders BRL 3.5bn unsecured loan.
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Network & Infrastructure
“Proof this disruptive formula works”: Telefónica underlines progress in Peru
Telefónica-backed JV claims to have surpassed a reach of 2.5 million people in Peru across 13,600 locations.
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Telxius ownership rejig gains green light
Telefónica and Pontegadea set to finalise shared purchase of KKR’s 40% stake in Telxius.
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Telefónica signs OneWeb to strengthen rural coverage
Low-Earth orbit satellite provider OneWeb signs MoU with Telefónica Global Solutions to deliver cellular backhaul in Europe and Latin America.