Deep dive: The politics behind Telefónica’s boardroom putsch
In bombshell move, Chairman and CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete forced out, following apparent boardroom coup by Spanish state. TelcoTitans considers the political backdrop, internal and national, as Indra’s Marc Murtra installed at helm…
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- Organisations: British Nuclear Fuels (BNF); Connect Europe (formerly ETSI); European Commission (EC); GSM Association (GSMA); Hispasat; Indra; KPN; La Caixa; Liberty Global; Minsait; Mobile World Congress (MWC); Orange; Proximus; Red.es; Redeia; SEAT (Volkswagen); Telefónica Deutschland; Telefónica España; Telefónica Group; Telefónica Hispanoamérica; Telefónica Infra; Telefónica Internacional; Telefónica Tech; Telefónica|Vivo; Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT); Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vodafone; World Economic Forum (WEF).
- Geographic: Brazil; Catalonia; Europe; Germany; Spain; United Kingdom (UK); Valencia.
- People: Alfonso Gómez Palacio; Andrea Folgueiras; Ángel Vilá; César Alierta; Chema Alonso; Christian Gebara; Eduardo Navarro; Emilio Gayo; Enrique Blanco; Guillermo Ansaldo; José Cerdán; José María Álvarez-Pallete; Juan Azcue; Laura Abasolo; Lutz Schüler; Marc Murtra; María García-Legaz; Markus Haas; Marta Machicot; Pablo de Carvajal; Pedro Sánchez; Teresa Ribera; Ursula von der Leyen.
- Themes: Artificial intelligence (AI); Billing; Cybersecurity; Digital economy; Digitisation; Fibre rollout; Industrial policy; IT solutions; National champion; National security; Network softwarisation; Quantum technology; Regulatory barriers; Satellite operations; Semiconductor industry; Shareholder structure; Telecommunications.
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