All Telefónica Group articles
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PeopleÁlvarez-Pallete joins Glow after Telefónica exit
Former Telefónica chief takes on an advisory role at telecoms/fintech player in first new job since his exit from Telefónica.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica FY24 Guidance: execs buy wiggle room for strategy refresh
FY24: Group lays out set of fuzzy FY25 targets, sidelining FY26 goals, as new Executive Chair calls strategic review.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica FY24 Spend: cutbacks bring belt another notch tighter
FY24: Telefónica España leads way as Group continues to make progress on extraction of opex and capex savings.
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Financial & PerformanceTelefónica FY24 Headlines: targets tweaked; core divide denied
Group delivers solid FY24 numbers but dials back cash flow and earnings ambitions amid rocky environment.
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Financial & PerformanceFY24: GPS-less Telefónica leadership seek new path and identity
An in-depth look at Telefónica’s results presentation for FY24, as new Executive Chairman Marc Murtra initiates a strategic review to navigate the “drastic changes” taking place in Europe…
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Products & Servicesgiffgaff embraces ‘natural evolution’ as it prepares for broadband launch
VM O2 sub-brand giffgaff starts limited trials for broadband service using nexfibre infra.
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M&ATelefónica ditches another Hispam business with knockdown Peru sale
Telefónica firms up a second Hispam market exit in less than two months, agreeing to offload its Peruvian business to Argentinian investment group Integra.
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Network & InfrastructureEuropean telcos call on authorities to bolster subsea security
Collection of Europe’s largest telcos and subsea cable operators, including Orange, Proximus, Telefónica, and Vodafone, call for closer collaboration with the EU, NATO, and UK government to defend subsea infrastructure, following several high-profile incidents in recent years…
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica’s Murtra wants to ‘go big’ after cementing exec chair job
Group’s new boss makes a call-to-action for strategic renewal at operator as his contentious appointment gains shareholder approval. Telefónica needs to adapt to “new era in US-European relations”, he says.
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Financial & PerformanceWhat has the past week revealed about telecoms tariff exposure?
Analysis: Following the past week of international markets grappling with the USA’s now-paused ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, TelcoTitans mined the global data for impact on top telcos, vendors and digital infra players…
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M&ATelefónica’s Argentina sale creates more fallout
Telefónica’s abrupt exit from Argentina has set off a regulatory chain reaction, but the Spanish operator maintains the deal is done and it is protected from the mounting legal challenges.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica goes to the edge with telco rivals to build European cloud alternatives
Telefónica España deploys first edge nodes in support of €1.2bn EU-funded effort to construct shared cloud infrastructure and services as the project gears up to test use cases later this year.
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Financial & PerformanceSpain and Brazil cement place in Telefónica core
Collectively, Telefónica’s core quad deliver on key Group ambitions in FY24, particularly around operating and capital efficiency.
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InterviewInterview: telcos’ watchdog boss on efforts to keep suppliers in line on CSR
Vodafone’s Paras Shah, Chairman of CSR-focused telco association JAC, speaks to TelcoTitans about how its effort to monitor supply chain resilience and risk is going deeper and broader as signs emerge that operators’ supply chains are starting to diversify.
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TechnologyTelefónica Hispam duo bring in Netcracker for BSS update
Telefónica’s units in Ecuador and Uruguay push transformation agenda with adoption of new tools within Netcracker’s Digital BSS suite.
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Network & InfrastructureGermany’s MNOs win five-year spectrum extension, with strings attached
German telecoms regulator set higher coverage targets and sharing obligations in exchange for extending spectrum licences for five years for the three largest mobile operators.
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PeopleInvestor Cube appoints ex-Telefónica and ONI boss to run European fibre portfolio
Cube Infrastructure Managers makes key leadership changes to drive its growth strategy forward, including the appointment of Xavier Martin to manage digital infra and telecoms investments, as well as a new COO and finance lead.
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InterviewGlide Identity’s mission: a new telco API franchise to replace the billions at risk with SMS OTP
Eran Haggiag, founder CEO of telco-backed authentication startup Glide Identity, tells TelcoTitans that it’s time to move on from multi-billion dollar but vulnerable SMS One Time Passwords, and swap in revenue from Open Gateway-based APIs leveraging with SIM cryptography. And why this time is different with Google…
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Network & InfrastructurePhotonic networks: Orange and Telefónica predict energy gains, 6G benefits
European operator duo highlight the potential for all‑photonics networks to play an important role in achieving net zero goals in the near‑to‑mid term, also envisaging their role in future network technology.
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo accessorises with Samauma purchase
Operator bulks up and extends its existing mobile gadget range with buyout of specialist gizmos group Samauma. Deal also brings wider retail reach and backup for Vivo’s broader strategy of boosting loyalty through tech diversification.