All Telefónica Group articles – Page 73
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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.
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PremiumTelefónica financial roundup, July 2019
Norway increases stake in Telefónica. KPN completes offload of Telefónica stake.
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Remus Radvan leaves Wayra to join Qualitance
Reemus Radvan, Head of Wayra London Accelerator at Wayra UK, left to join digital solutions vendor Qualitance as Client Partner.
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Products & ServicesTelefónica launches IoT Cybersecurity Unit with Subex
Telefónica is aiming to build cybersecurity into the foundations of its product portfolio, and new links with long-term partner Subex are expected to enable network-based security for the simplest IoT devices.
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Vivo promote Grottoli to IT Director of Customer Excellence
Vivo promoted Rafael Grottoli to IT Director of Customer Excellence, Quality, DevOps & Online Charging System. Grottoli was previously Senior IT Manager of Transformation Projects.
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PremiumEzentis renews contract with Telefónica|Vivo
Maintenance partner Ezentis keeps reeling-in contracts with Telefónica’s Latin America operating businesses.
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Rubenson Chaves leaves Vivo to join Sodexo
Rubenson Chaves, Head of B2B E-Care and New Digital Channels at Telefónica Brasil (Vivo), left to join facilities management specialist Sodexo as Digital and Innovation Director.
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PremiumTelefónica Business Solutions wins IoT connectivity deal with Schindler
As IoT-based services gain traction as a digital services revenue generator, Telefónica is trumpeting successful deployments in industry.
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PremiumTecnotree beds down in Peru
A new service delivery platform using microservice orchestration is expected to enable faster and more flexible development of commercial propositions for Movistar customers in Peru.
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Kennedy becomes giffgaff’s new Head of Commercial Partnerships
Sean Kennedy, Head of Devices and Pricing at giffgaff, took on a new role as Head of Commercial Partnerships.
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Valter Sousa becomes Head of Digital Infrastructure & Services Transformation at Telefónica Peru
Valter Sousa, Head of Big Deals & Outsourcing at Telefónica Peru, changed remit to become Head of Digital Infrastructure & Services Transformation at the Peruvian operating business.
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Bartz promoted to CTO at Telefónica Educación Digital
Mateus Bartz, Head of Video Operations Customer Experience at Telefónica, was promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Telefónica Educación Digital, the Group’s online learning solutions arm.
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PremiumChile: IDEMIA awarded verification contract
New verification technology from IDEMIA is expected to simplify the process of signing contract customers in Chile. Latest deal builds on success for the vendor in providing subscription management services in the country.
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PremiumVivo promote Medici to VP, Data and Artificial Intelligence
New role, Latin America, Telefónica Brazil
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Telefónica appoint new Head of Events & Brand Awareness
Telefónica appointed Yolanda Benedito García as Head of Events & Brand Awareness, supporting Telefónica Open Future, the Group’s innovation unit, including Wayra (the Group’s start-up accelerator). García was previously Visual Arts Director at technology event organiser Futura Networks.
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Telefónica appoint new Legal Director for its digital business
Manuel Jiménez Larraz was appointed Legal Director of the Group’s digital business. Jiménez was previously Senior Legal Counsel for the Group’s devices unit.