Telefónicawatch: another JMAP-era exec exits; Gayo gets buying; IT vendors net handouts

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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

This article includes:

  • Organisations: 1&1; Amazon; Bessemer Venture Partners; Capgemini; Cellnex; Cinven; Databricks; Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT); Digi; Deutsche Telekom; FlixOlé; Hispasat; Indra; InfraVia; JPMorgan; KKR; MásOrange; Movistar Plus+; NATO; nexfibre; Orange; Perplexity; Prosegur; Providence Equity Partners; SK Telecom; Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany); Telefónica España; Telefónica Group; Telefónica|Vivo; Telekom Deutschland (TDE); Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vivo Empresas; Vodafone Germany; Vodafone Spain; VATM.
  • Geographies: Brazil; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Latin America; Spain; United Kingdom (UK).
  • People: Laura Abasolo; José María Álvarez-Pallete; Santiago Argelich; Juan Azcue; Jeff Bezos; Nat Friedman; Ernesto Gardelliano; Emilio Gayo; Cristiano Ronaldo; Ángel Vilá; Jeanie York; more…
  • Themes: 3G; 4G; 5G; 5G standalone (5G SA); Artificial intelligence (AI); Broadband connectivity; Commercial partnerships; Copper shutdown; Cybersecurity; Data plans; Defence; Digital services; Enterprise (B2B); Fibre (FTTP); Gigabit connectivity; Innovation (R&D); Internet of Things (IoT); Job cutbacks; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Mobile transformation; Quantum communications; Redundancy plan; Regulation; Satellite acquisition; Share delisting; Streaming; Telco consolidation; Technology; Union negotiations; Voice over New Radio (VoNR); Wi-Fi.

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