Telefónica Group – Page 68
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PremiumGoldman Sachs examining Telefónica mast sale prospects
It was reported that Telefónica appointed Goldman Sachs to examine its options for monetisation of its mobile mast sites.
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PremiumIndustry 4.0 cybersecurity centre opens in León
Telefónica Group unveiled a specialist CyberSecurity Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4IN), in the northern Spanish city of León.
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PremiumTelefónica accentuates Vodafone alignment on towers
Two challenged operators out at front of race to offload assets.
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PremiumO2 Germany dissolves NEXT
Development of German market sees Telefónica bringing its big data business more closely under Telefónica Deutschland control to accelerate commercialisation. Rumblings of internal disquiet surround the decision, and key NEXT projects may be sidelined to bring O2 Germany in line with Group strategy.
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PremiumTelefónica Group extends Azure alliance to Peru
Telefónica’s cloud services alliance with Microsoft reaches the Peruvian market, with hybrid offerings for enterprise set to roll out.
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Strategy & ChangeMexico gets new CEO as Telefónica Group drives on
Prospect of a Telefónica Mexico sale recedes as a new CEO is introduced with a brief to reenergise the stagnating operating business. Aya is a Telefónica Colombia veteran with experience in developing innovative commercial offerings in pursuit of a convergence customer base.
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PremiumTelefónica Group highly rated by Juniper
Telefónica ranked as the fourth-placed operator in Juniper’s Operator Innovation Index list.
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PremiumAlonso elevates “Wozniak” mindset in Telefónica transformation
Influential CDO charts his progress within Telefónica, linked to developing the trust of current Executive Chairman Álvarez-Pallete. An engineering-focused mindset and startup mentality deemed key attributes in the fast progression of security and data operations within the Group. While the instigation of several standout Telefónica transformation projects predate his ...
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PremiumTelefónica Latin America People Moves, August-September 2019
Latest people movements include: Rafael Cisneros Mussa, Camilo Aya Caro, Carlos Morales Paulín, Luis Villalobos Vivanco, Juliana Otero Posada.
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PremiumTelefónica Group People Moves, August-September 2019
Latest people movements include: Ilya Kazansky, Diego Martín Sanz, Aurora Navarro, María del Valle Ortega Moreno-Tome.
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PremiumCriteriaCaixa expands its Telefónica Group investment
CriteriaCaixa increases its stake in Telefónica.
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PremiumExecutive Chairman confident about Telefónica Group’s future
Group Executive Chairman continues to invest in Telefónica Group.
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PremiumTelefónica Group commits to emission reduction targets
Telefónica backs new lower emission targets to limit global warming
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica continues its exit from Central America
Telefónica Group completed the divestment of its interests in three of its central American operating businesses, in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama, for $1.4bn (€1.3bn).
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PremiumTelefónica Alumni People Moves, August-September 2019
Latest people movements include: Shadi Halliwell.
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OperationsTelefónica embraces short-term pain for data flexibility
Telefónica Mexico provided insights on building momentum on creating replicable data-driven local systems, with potential for wider deployment. Groundwork on establishing principles, and ensuring standardisation, vital to ensuring benefits can flow through to subsequent use cases. Real-world implementation of a standardised approach can cause initial localised pain, but is ...
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Products & ServicesTelefónica ramps up AURA
Telefónica provided insights into its AURA strategy, including more market launches. Microsoft’s position as a partner remains a core element of the project. Commitment reiterated to overcoming the challenge of combining local services with a central unified vision.
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Innovation (R&D)TM Forum champions APIs as telcos battle web giants
More big hitters are joining TMF’s Open API programme, although numbers remain lower than anticipated. Ongoing focus on standardisation and consistency saw a pause in API development to ensure strong foundations. Adoption of SDN and virtualisation is blurring the remit of traditional standards bodies.
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Innovation (R&D)TM Forum DTW19: 2019 Catalysts spark pragmatic innovation
Rundown of key Catalysts, joint initiatives. More than 30 joint technology projects demoed, with assurance, partnering, and customer experience to fore. Operator preoccupations ahead of 5G include profitability and effectiveness of network slicing. Drones, emergency services, and healthcare among focus verticals.
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EventwatchTM Forum’s DTW19 event underlines need for collaboration and speed
The telecoms industry’s annual pilgrimage to Nice on the French Riviera is set to take on a somewhat different tone in 2020. France has become inextricably linked with the flagship TM Forum (TMF) event – apart from two forgotten years in Dublin – but, following its rebranding as Digital Transformation World in 2018, the event now looks set to transfer to Copenhagen, apparently in order to provide more space.