Telefónica News – Page 35
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica Colombia returns spectrum after cost row
Operator gives up licence to use frequencies in 2.5GHz band, citing high expense.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica and Metrotel forge Argentinian infra alliance
Tie‑up gives 400,000 customers access to download speeds of up to 1Gbps.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica España ties with Orange’s Totem for 5G
Orange’s Ramon Fernandez hails ‘important deal’ with Spanish telco.
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Strategy & Change
Vivo makes ESG linked remuneration overhaul
New reward plan to support retention of key executives, incorporating ESG measures.
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Elsewhere in UK: Volt’s customer base breaks one million
VM O2’s Volt customer base exceeds one million; dunnhumby aids Tesco Mobile on customer data.
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Elsewhere in Spain: 5G services extended to O2 España customers
Financing now available for Telefónica–Repsol solar JV customers; Telefónica wins a pair of regional public sector contracts.
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Elsewhere in Germany: O2 apologises for November outage
Mixed network news as O2 loses its voice, but trumpets 5G progress.
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Telefónica Innovation & Venturing: Open Future joins startup exchange programme in Portugal
Open Future joins startup exchange programme in Portugal.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Group: CaixaBank settles on Telefónica holding
Security unit spun out to create firmer line between Hispam and Group; CaixaBank claims to be settled at 3.5% Telefónica holding; cross-operator Eco Rating scheme welcomes new collaborators in Belgium, Portugal, and UK.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Telxius teams up with NJFX
Telxius lands new colocation station partner; Qualys joins Tech’s security ecosystem.
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People
O2 turns to Vodafone’s Laukenmann to fill Consumer vacancy
Former Vodafone Germany Chief Consumer Officer Andreas Laukenmann switches to rival O2, filling the gap left by Wolfgang Metze’s transfer to Telekom.
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Products & Services
Vivo talks up fintech’s potential to boost margin
Chief Executive Christian Gebara highlights the operator is scaling up its lending business in bid to improve user retention and lifetime value.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech taps LIVALL for mobility product launch
Smart helmet maker signs exclusive partnership with Telefónica Tech as inaugural ‘Sustainable Mobility’ product provider.
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VM O2 Business taps Netcracker for BSS unification
JV chooses NEC subsidiary to bring all revenue management functions onto one platform.
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Telefónica España trails rivals in state fibre funding
Telefónica España comes third after Adamo and Avatel in 2022 award.
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Telefónica expands HPE Aruba deal for SASE services
FlexSITE proposition set to make international debut after Aruba partnership extension.
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O2 Germany picks Ericsson for 5G microwave testing
Ericsson flags demo of 5G wireless backhaul for long distance 10Gbps speeds.
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M&A
Telefónica and KKR look to purchase Entel fibre assets
ON*NET Fibra, the pair’s JV, could acquire infrastructure for almost $360m.
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Telefónica plans $270m investment in Venezuela
Telefónica sees opportunity to benefit from nascent economic recovery.