Telefónica News – Page 79
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PremiumO2 UK hits 5G 2020 target
Telefónica UK (O2 UK) achieved its target of reaching 20 5G locations by 2020, despite its comparatively slow start on launching commercial 5G in the country.
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PremiumTelefónica España renews Euskaltel deal
Telefónica España renewed its wholesale mobile agreement with Euskaltel Group, parent of regional quad-player Telecable.
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PremiumTelefónica updates its CTIL oversight team
In January 2020, Telefónica Group refreshed its representation on its UK infrastructure-sharing joint venture (JV) with Vodafone UK, Cornerstone Telecommunication Infrastructure Limited (CTIL).
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PremiumTelefónica España opens DEKRA V2X lab
Telefónica España, the Andalusian local government, and vehicle testing and inspection expert DEKRA opened the doors to a new research and development laboratory for 5G vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology.
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PremiumTelefónica España wins EUIPO contract
Telefónica España will provide fixed telephony services to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) after it won a contract worth €2m.
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Premium5TONIC presents 5G-enabled emergency response solutions
5TONIC, the research and development laboratory co-germinated by Telefónica Group and IMDEA Networks Institute, presented a 5G-enabled emergency services solution that aims to reduce incident response times to increase the chances of survival.
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PremiumEuropean Commission slows Telefónica España’s Prosegur acquisition
Telefónica España’s planned acquisition of a 50% stake in Prosegur, the Spanish security alarm business, has slowed ahead of regulatory approval from the European Commission (EC).
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Public AffairsTelefónica Deutschland commits to sustainability loan
Telefónica Deutschland claimed to be the first German telecoms company to have signed a “sustainability-linked loan”, in an effort to link financing costs with its environment, social, and governance (ESG) rating.
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PremiumO2 Germany partners with CTS Eventim
Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany) and German event ticketing platform provider CTS Eventim have forged a partnership to run for the next several years.
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Public AffairsTelefónica admired by Fortune
Telefónica Group was the most highly rated European telecoms operator in Europe within Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of The World’s [300] Most Admired Companies.
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PremiumTelefónica Europe people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Several key changes at Telefónica UK and España.
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PremiumTelefónica Tech people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Newly-formed Telefónica Tech division gets key appointments.
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PremiumTelefónica’s LatAm people movements, Jan-Feb 2020
Movement in Telefónica|Vivo’s B2B management.
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PremiumÁlvarez Pallete into 5th gear on Telefónica transformation
‘Big Four’ operating businesses of Brazil, Germany, Spain and UK to be the focus of the Group, with Latin America operationally isolated, and potentially spun-off. New divisions Telefónica Infra and Telefónica Tech created. The former handling physical assets with Telxius as its cornerstone, while Telefónica Tech will drive commercial ...
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PremiumTelefónica opens Digital Operations Centre in Madrid
New integrated facility set to link in with Group restructuring, and support ongoing enterprise business drives.
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PremiumVendors jockey for position as Brazil’s 5G auctions near
Huawei awarded 4G equipment contract, paving the way to become Telefónica’s biggest partner in the Brazilian market. Ericsson set to mount a response.
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Suppliers & SCMTelefónica picks Comtech for LatAm remote backhaul
Telefónica Group agreed a multi-year programme with US-based Comtech Telecommunications to help it manage the backhaul requirements of its 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile networks in Argentina and Brazil.
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PremiumVivo looks for FTTP partners to boost regional coverage
New franchise model aims to extend FTTP footprint by one million homes by end-2021. Three franchisees already signed up.
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PremiumTBS to extend AWS to LatAm
Latest cloud partnership an early indicator that new Telefónica Infra division will promote partnerships for data centre-based services.
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PremiumVivo selling 1,909 towers to Telxius for €140m
Telefónica|Vivo agreed to sell 1,909 tower sites to Telxius Torres Brasil for BRL 641m (€141m).