News

Monday, 11 march 2019

Movistar Virtual Cycling international competition kicks off

Telefónica’s Madrid Flagship Store was the venue for Monday’s presentation of Movistar Virtual Cycling, an international, virtual competition on two wheels which reinforces the company’s involvement in cycling and bet on innovation.

Wednesday, 6 march 2019

AT&T joins global cyber security alliance formed by Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica

• Alliance combines resources and capabilities of telecom operators to help protect all types of businesses from the growing threat of sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Monday, 4 march 2019

CK Hutchison and Telefónica join forces to offer digital communications services to global enterprise customers

• CK Hutchison, through its CKH Innovations Opportunities Development unit (CKH IOD), and Telefonica launch strategic partnership.

Wednesday, 27 february 2019

Telefónica presents an innovative way to broadcast and produce television with 5G

Telefónica presented today at the Mobile World Congress an innovative way of broadcasting and producing television with 5G that allows professional news coverage of any event in real time and with high quality video.

Wednesday, 27 february 2019

Telenor and Telefónica demonstrate network slicing with Open Source Mano (OSM) at MWC

In a joint 5G collaboration project, Telenor and Telefónica are together demonstrating the E2E orchestration of 5G network slices using Open Source Mano (OSM) during MWC’19.

Tuesday, 26 february 2019

Telefónica presents ‘Movistar Riders on 5G’: the first European demonstration of eSports at maximum mobile speed

• The application of the new 5G connectivity gives the user the flexibility to play demanding games that require low latency anywhere over the mobile network

Tuesday, 26 february 2019

Telefónica and FC Barcelona turn the Nou Camp into the first stadium in Europe with dedicated 5G coverage

MWC19 Barcelona hosts the first broadcast of a training session by Valverde’s team with 360º cameras connected using fifth generation mobile communications

Tuesday, 26 february 2019

Telefónica presents the first prototype of an open and convergent access network that integrates fixed and mobile, and enables Edge Computing

• This model combines the advantages of the components from different providers in a simple, scalable, and flexible access network architecture

Monday, 25 february 2019

Telefónica and Microsoft establish strategic partnership to design the telco of the future

Companies will work together to power transformative customer experiences and services and explore use of intelligent technologies on the network

Monday, 25 february 2019

José María Álvarez-Pallete: “Our sector has become an essential part of people’s lives”

Welcome speech at the inaugural session of the Mobile World Congress

Sunday, 24 february 2019

Telefónica, Facebook, IDB Invest and CAF create Internet para Todos Peru to expand internet connectivity in Latin America

Telefónica, Facebook, IDB Invest and CAF (Development Bank of Latin America) are launching Internet para Todos (IpT) Peru, an open access rural mobile infrastructure operator which aims to help bridge the digital divide in Latin America. The goal is to bring mobile broadband to remote populations where conventional telecom infrastructure deployment is not yet economically feasible.

Thursday, 21 february 2019

Telefónica consolidates its transformation process

Telefónica’s net profit increased 6.4% in 2018 to €3,331M:

Wednesday, 20 february 2019

Telefónica reaches an agreement with Millicom for the sale of Telefónica de Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua

Today, Telefónica has reached an agreement with Millicom International Cellular, S.A. for the sale of the entire share capital of Telefónica de Costa Rica TC, S.A. (hereinafter, “Telefónica Costa Rica”), and for the sale by Telefónica's subsidiary Telefonica Centroamérica Inversiones, S.L., 60% of which is owned, directly and indirectly, by Telefonica and 40% by Corporación Multi Inversiones, of the entire share capital of Telefónica Móviles Panamá, S.A. (hereinafter, "Telefónica Panama") and Telefónica Celular de Nicaragua, S.A. (hereinafter, "Telefónica Nicaragua").

Tuesday, 19 february 2019

Telefónica deploys Tutela as the global standard for crowdsourced network customer experience measurement

Telefónica, recognized worldwide as a company driving forward digital transformation, today announced a new agreement to use Tutela’s crowdsourced data as its global standard for mobile network customer experience testing and benchmarking, including for its brands O2, Vivo, and Movistar as part of its overall Network Customer Experience Strategy. Tutela, the world’s largest mobile network data company, collects over 30 billion crowdsourced network performance measurements from more than 250 million devices around the world everyday, enabling Telefónica to monitor, measure and optimize the mobile experience of its customers globally in real time.

Monday, 18 february 2019

Telefónica deploys in Codere the first solution of end to end managed private cloud with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

telefonica deploys in codere the first solution of end to end managed private cloud with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Monday, 18 february 2019

Telefónica and Seat show 5G connected car use cases for safer driving in a city environment

At MWC 2019 and within the framework of the 5G Barcelona agreement with Ficosa, ETRA, i2Cat and Mobile World Capital Barcelona

Thursday, 31 january 2019

IMQ sets a technological challenge to facilitate cardiopulmonary resuscitation training techniques

Imq sets a technological challenge to facilitate cardiopulmonary resuscitation training techniques

Monday, 28 january 2019

Telefónica issues the first green bond of the telco sector, amounting to 1 billion euros

Telefónica issues the first green bond of the telco sector, amounting to 1 billion euros

Monday, 28 january 2019

MWCapital, SEAT, Telefónica, Ficosa, ETRA and i2CAT promote a Connected Car pilot project

MWCapital, SEAT, Telefónica, Ficosa, ETRA and i2CAT promote a Connected Car pilot project

Thursday, 24 january 2019

Telefonica Centroamérica Inversiones agrees the sale of Telefónica Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil for 570 million euros

Telefonica Centroamérica Inversiones agrees the sale of Telefónica Guatemala and El Salvador to América Móvil for 570 million euros