Telefónica News – Page 35
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M&A
Telefónica hives off Argentinian assets from Hispam division
Group approves creation of TLH HoldCo, an “independent economic unit” registered in Spain, to house its interests in Telefónica Móviles Argentina and Telefónica de Argentina.
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Public Affairs
Telefónica calls for reset on EU merger control review
Mónica Sánchez Soliva seeks focus on long-term benefits of telecoms mergers.
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Orange-MÁSMÓVIL merger “will not change market structure”
MÁSMÓVIL CEO Meinrad Spenger says agreement between the two companies is imminent.
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Telefónica dragged into Juan Carlos I corruption probe
Juan Carlos I said to have borrowed Telefónica’s private planes following abdication in 2014.
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Operations
Vivo faces hefty bill for fixed-line contract renewal
Arbitration over financial balancing of former fixed-line concessions rumbles on.
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Operations
Telefónica rejig sees Alonso cement hold over Wayra
Chief Digital Officer given formal oversight of Spanish telco’s VC function, as part of wider innovation brief.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica Mexico completes migration to AT&T’s network
Traffic transferred to AT&T on time as part of 2019 network-sharing deal.
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Operations
Bracken cools VM O2 ServCo prospects, but fibre JV on track
Liberty CFO Charlie Bracken talks up management benefits of separating infrastructure from service, but imminent hard split not on the cards.
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Mavenir makes Hispam inroads with “5G‑ready” IMS
Cloud‑native solution to be deployed in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico to support fixed and mobile networks. Implementation to run over Telefónica’s private telco cloud infrastructure. Another signal of Hispam’s regional buying meld.
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Elsewhere in Hispanoamérica: Venezuelan state ups phone tapping
Venezuelan state quadruples phone tapping requests to Telefónica.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica infra buddy Asterion sets up fibre challenger
Group’s partner in data centre operator Nabiax teams with investment peer Teras on fibre play in south of Spain.
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Cornerstone taps Freshwave for London 5G small cells
Next phase in City of London contract adds 5G and multi‑operator support.
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Elsewhere in UK: VM O2 puts out for SMEs
VM O2 sweetens offering for small and medium businesses, as purse strings tighten.
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Telefónica pitches Akamai‑backed mobile security
Telefónica Empresas installs mobile network security solution to enterprise devices. Hybrid working driving demand for employee cybersecurity.
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Elsewhere in Spain: Repsol solar JV finalised
Telefónica, Repsol finalise solar JV; other JV partner Prosegur widens view beyond Group for alliances; four‑day working week pilot extended.
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Elsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Google Cloud launches ‘cloud region’ in Spain
Telefónica takes technology partnership in Madrid; voice recognition and dictation engine rolled out to 3,000 judges in Spain.
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Elsewhere in Germany: operator links up with BUGLAS for Dark Fibre
BUGLAS backhaul boost for 5G rollout; O2 Germany ready to roll out fleet of 60 portable 5G base stations.
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More partners join Tech’s all‑in‑one security play
Telefónica Cybersecurity & Cloud Tech signs agreements with Cisco, Constella, and Netskope. ‘360‑degree’ managed security services central to unit’s strategy.
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Tech ties up with ASC on Teams
Pair joins forces to provide secure compliance recording for Microsoft Teams. ASC’s Recording Insights solution now available to Telefónica Tech customers.
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Telefónica flags legacy band barriers for 5G investment
Telefónica’s Javier Domínguez Lacasa highlights unacceptable lack of certainty on legacy band licence durations. Warns that incentives to re‑farm spectrum for 5G will be diminished if issue not addressed. Lukewarm on sharing legacy spectrum to maintain services that cannot easily migrate to 5G.