All Telefónica Group articles – Page 28
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M&A
Telefónica puts Nabiax stake 'up for sale'
Report from Reuters indicates Asterion has appointed banks to explore divestment of Nabiax, potentially including Telefónica’s remaining 20% stake. Speculation closely follows sale of Nabiax’s Americas portfolio, marking a shift of focus onto Spanish market.
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Public Affairs
Telefónica calls for fresh infra-sharing regulation in LatAm
Operator calls for regulatory rework to promote infrastructure sharing in Latin America.
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Venturing & Investments
UK Infrastructure Bank bulks up nexfibre with £250m
UK Infrastructure Bank supplies nexfibre with new debt financing to boost fibre deployment.
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Marketing
Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica want more time to resolve ‘T’ logo dispute
Duo asks European Union Intellectual Property Office for six-month extension to resolve differences.
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Public Affairs
Ofcom prods Virgin Media O2 over customer cancellation struggles
Ofcom launches investigation into Virgin Media O2 after customers report service cancellation difficulties.
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Operations
Telefónica Tech merges biz units in major reorg
Cybersecurity & Cloud division is now combined with IoT & Big Data unit to create unified portfolio for Group’s B2B customers. Top management stays on board with different areas of responsibility.
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Telefónica closes in on hyperscaler-backed API platform
Report indicates Group has finalised agreements with AWS, Microsoft, and Vonage to distribute APIs to developer community.
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VM O2 accelerates data insights with Google Cloud
Progress update on JV’s ambition to become a “data‑driven business”.
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M&A
Entel, Telefónica prep Peruvian fibre JV with KKR
Operators hand over fibre assets to KKR to create ON*NET Fibra Peru.
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Network & Infrastructure
Asterion builds FibreCo challenger to Telefónica in Spain
Olin Group’s portfolio now includes ten regional operators, with collective fibre footprint of 1.6 million premises. FibreCo newcomer plans to open up more than half of its fibre network to third-party operators in 2023. Spain’s saturated fibre sector appears ripe for further consilidation.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vivo agrees solar energy deal with Brookfield in Brazil
Partnership will help power Telefónica’s operations.
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Operations
Telefónica to merge digital and R&D units
Chema Alonso to take helm at Telefónica Innovación Digital, with direct report into Chief Strategy and Development Officer Mark Evans. New unit to focus on internal technology development, leaning on GSMA’s Open Gateway API platform.
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Consumer (B2C)
Virgin Media O2 levels up gaming ambitions
Operator goes toe-to-toe with other UK telcos in gaming sphere after launching ‘first venture’ into sector since merger.
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Telefónica people moves: Virgin Media O2 names new network build-out leaders
VM O2 recruits new delivery directors to oversee network expansion programme.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Group: Telefónica opens Experience and Design Lab
Telefónica opens Experience and Design Lab for public beta testing of VR games at Madrid HQ.
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Telefónica Innovation and Venturing Roundup: Wayra picks travel startup partners
Wayra picks travel startup partners.
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Elsewhere in UK: VM O2 continues SRN rollout in rural Scotland
VM O2 continues SRN rollout in rural Scotland.