Drivies: una app gratuita de Telefónica que puede salvar vidas
17 Aug, 2015
Telefónica I+D y la Asociación Española para el Estudio de la Lesión Medular (AESLEME) han presentado este mes Drivies , una aplicación que aprovecha...
Drivies: una app gratuita de Telefónica que puede salvar vidas
17 Aug, 2015
Telefónica I+D y la Asociación Española para el Estudio de la Lesión Medular (AESLEME) han presentado este mes Drivies , una aplicación que aprovecha...
La startup “thethings.iO”: un éxito más de Wayra
13 Aug, 2015
La startup “ thethings.iO ” sobre Internet of Things (IoT) acelerada en la academia Wayra de Barcelona, la aceleradora de Telefónica Open Future_, ha consiguido 250.000 euros de...
Joinnovation
07 Jul, 2015
Vivimos y somos partícipes activos de una revolución sin precedentes en la Historia: la Revolución Digital. Una revolución en la que debemos tomar la delantera invirtiendo en talento, pues es...
V Jornada Anual del Foro de la Gobernanza de Internet en España (Madrid, 27-29/05/2015)
21 May, 2015
El Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en España ( IGF Spain ) de este año se celebrará en Madrid, durante los días 27, 28 y 29 de mayo, y se articulará alrededor de ocho mesas redondas...
Six Wayra UK start-ups feature in startups.co.uk top 100 of 2015
12 May, 2015
Six Wayra UK businesses, including those from our current cohort, have been featured within the prestigious Startups 100 2015 index – the definitive ranking of the UK’s 100 most innovative and...
ETNO ThinkDigital interview - Global trade agreements in a fast-changing world
07 May, 2015
As Chairman of ETNO’s newly formed Trade Working Group and Manager for Latin American Affairs and Trade Policy at Telefónica, David Frautschy Heredia shares his thoughts on trade negotiations...
Nace la alianza para la Innovación en Internet de las Cosas
08 Apr, 2015
El Internet de las Cosas (IoT) se ha convertido en una fuerza clave para la transformación de los negocios y la sociedad en la actualidad. Según Gartner , casi 5.000 millones de dispositivos...
David del Val: “Disponer de estándares abiertos para las Smart Cities, clave para la innovación en E...
31 Mar, 2015
David del Val, CEO de Telefónica I+D y director de Product Innovation de CCDO, ha participado en NET FUTURES 2015 como uno de los Plenary Speakers del congreso, junto a Günther...
Germanwings Flight 4U 9525: A message of condolence
27 Mar, 2015
[caption id="attachment_7814" align="alignleft" width="300"] Source: www.elperiodico.com[/caption] Everyone at Telefónica is deeply shocked by the terrible accident suffered by...
Joint Statement - Open Internet: INTUG and ETNO call for a user-friendly approach
25 Mar, 2015
The Internet we know today has grown thanks to an open approach to technology, innovation or standards. On top of that the way it is governed, i.e. a multistakeholder model, based on a...
Los operadores y cableros europeos abogan por una Internet Abierta
29 Jan, 2015
Los mayores proveedores de acceso a Internet y banda ancha europeos han publicado un comunicado conjunto a favor de una Internet Abierta ( Joint Open Internet Statement ). Es un...
European operators and cable companies advocate for an Open Internet
28 Jan, 2015
The major European Internet Service and broadband providers have released a Joint Open Internet Statement . They call on EU policymakers to favor a forward-looking policy approach, avoiding...
Europe urgently needs a digital wake-up call
05 Jan, 2015
Europe urgently needs collective action with an open approach towards education, digital innovation and entrepreneurship if it hopes to regain its momentum in the global digital revolution....
The importance of free software is not limited to technology. The open source movement is evolving ...
31 Dec, 2014
The basic definition of open source is one which says that the source code of a program can be freely downloaded, used, modified and redistributed by anyone. The open source applications are...
The road towards a digital Europe: European Digital Forum and Startup Europe Partnership
30 Dec, 2014
The European economy has struggled in the last few years. Luckily we are at the doors of the recovery. But Europe is highly in need to be sustainable as well as strong. And the only way forward...
How we can fulfil Europe’s innovative promise
23 Dec, 2014
In the midst of the enormous changes brought about by the current digital revolution, Europe urgently needs to foster innovation, support entrepreneurship and promote successful role models. ...
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que apagaste el móvil?
17 Nov, 2014
El 93% de los españoles admite que lleva siempre consigo el dispositivo móvil aunque no le preste atención y Tuenti Móvil ha salido esta semana a la calle a preguntar a la gente si recuerda...
Mira al futuro. Telefónica OPEN FUTURE_
03 Nov, 2014
Creemos en los emprendedores. Creemos en la innovación. Y apostamos por ellos. Es cierto que en los últimos años hemos desarrollado diferentes modelos de relación para apoyarlos en su aventura....
Wayra seeks new startups for its academies in Europe and Latin America
19 Sep, 2014
Wayra , Telefónica ’s international accelerator for startups, announced last week the opening of a new global call for projects in order to seek new business proposals. Up until 5th October,...
Disruptive Innovation: Are we witnessing a new era of doing business?
22 Aug, 2014
Congress is on recess for the next five weeks and activities in D.C. have started slowing down. However, without having to recite the importance of the Internet for the economy, it is...
2nd Digital Entrepreneurship Forum
18 Aug, 2014
[caption id="attachment_6456" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Source: Strategic Policy Forum Digital Entrepreneurship web page"] [/caption] 2014 could be named the “year of...
"Open content for an open Internet"
06 Aug, 2014
Jean-Claude Junker, candidate for the presidency of European Commission, presented on July the 15th his political-guidelines agenda for the next 5 year-term of the EC. This could be...
Internet of things: The new industrial revolution
29 Jul, 2014
The Internet of Things (or IoT) is not a new concept. For years, experts have been speaking about ubiquitous computing or environmental intelligence, concepts that...
Nurturing a digital generation
23 Jul, 2014
The digital skills agenda is in vogue and much is being done across the UK to encourage young people to realise their potential – something O2 has also built its heritage on. The arrival of...
Coding: The Conduit to Going Beyond the Idea
23 Jul, 2014
The world doesn't simply need big ideas. The world needs great vision, powered by creators, engineers, entrepreneurs and change agents with the ability to execute and the ambition to prove its...
TOP 100 Educational Innovations
04 Jul, 2014
Last week, Fundación Telefónica organized an event to present a new Fundación Telefónica Challenge , a worldwide study searching for the best educational innovations to promote scientific...
Wayra Selects Youngest Ever Entrepreneur
27 Jun, 2014
Through prgrammes targeted at creating thousands of startups and digital creations by 2015, Telefónica has been lowering barriers for entrepreurship and access to participate in the Digital...
Inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs: Think Big and Wayra sign new partnership with Founders ...
26 Jun, 2014
Enterprise education has become a bit of a hot topic in recent weeks, with the PM’s enterprise advisor, Lord Young , calling for children as young as 5 to be engaged in enterprise activity as...
European leaders back digitally-powered entrepreneurship
29 May, 2014
On Thursday 22 May, I attended with other representatives of Telefónica a Lisbon Council event at the Residence Palace , Brussels, where a "who's who" of successful web entrepreneurs and...
The European Commission considers that the SmartSantander project has “exceeded expectations”
21 Mar, 2014
SmartSantander , an Internet of Things (IoT) EU project, presented this week its final results after three years of activity. Santander has become the first comprehensive smart city in Europe...
The future of our cars lies in connectivity
07 Mar, 2014
During the next decade connectivity will become usual in cars. Machina Research forecasts that 90% of new cars will include connectivity platforms by 2020 – in contrast with the current...
Wayra launches a new global call to find 50 new digital startups
31 Jan, 2014
Telefónica announced this week that Wayra , our startups global accelerator, has launched a new global call in order to find 50 new digital startups for its centres in London (UK), Madrid...
Tackling zombies with innovation
27 Jan, 2014
Zombies have been all around Europe for the last 4 years. Every morning Europe is waking up with a headline announcing another failing Bank, another corporation struggling to resolve the...
Telefónica’s Public Policy Blog Top Ten Posts of 2013
10 Jan, 2014
Here are the top ten most popular posts featured on Telefónica’s Public Policy Blog during 2013 based on their number of views during the past 12 months. Congratulations to all the...
Seasons greetings for the year ahead!!!
24 Dec, 2013
The Telefónica Public Policy Blog Team wishes all our followers & readers Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2014. Prosperous and happy times for the year ahead!! ...
Innovation Security Day: Telefónica’s security strategy for its customers
16 Dec, 2013
Nowadays, Internet threats cause a great damage to businesses, not only in economic terms but also in terms of image and trust. Aware of this problem, Telefónica gathered last...
Moisés Naím: “Nowadays power is more difficult to use and easier to lose, more ephemeral”
22 Nov, 2013
[caption id="attachment_5207" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="From left to right: Eduardo Navarro, Strategy and Alliances Director of Telefónica; Javier Solana, President of the Aspen...
We are becoming a video company
20 Nov, 2013
The increase of TV channels, series and movies that people watch as well as the greater and better coverage of sports reveal that we are living the golden age of TV. Since its creation, TV has...
Internet of Things: good perspectives in LatAm
19 Nov, 2013
The result of the ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer survey for the year 2013 has yielded some revealing data that confirms the non-stop growth in the number of users who are integrated into...
Big Data: it’s not just a matter of many ones and zeros
11 Nov, 2013
Can you imagine carrying your entire life on a flash drive? Consider it on a global scale. That everything that you have ever done or experienced in your world can be summed up in ones and...
Telefónica’s financial services
21 Oct, 2013
Over the last few years we have witnessed a development of the ICT like it was never before experienced… and it will continue in the following years: currently, there are more than 5.000...
Dead apps
04 Oct, 2013
The arrival of “smartphones” with internet access to market has leaded on to a growing interest on “apps” by mobile phone users. In fact, millions of downloads per day are contributing to a market...
The benefits of smart electricity and gas meters
27 Sep, 2013
Telefónica has been selected by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as a Communications Service Provider in a nationwide programme to install smart gas and electricity...
StartUp Europe Forum
13 Sep, 2013
Parallel to the Campus Party Europe celebrated last week in London, The Lisbon Council and Telefónica hosted the StartUp Europe Forum on Monday 2 September 2013. Convening under...
Campus Party Europe arrives to London!
06 Sep, 2013
As announced last month in this blog , London has hosted this week the Campus Party Europe , the largest global technology festival encompassing innovation, creativity science and digital...
Do you also like this music? Telefonica´s successful cooperation with Spotify
26 Aug, 2013
Applications and services for mobile devices are exploding with the widespread use of smartphones. In contrast to the situation a decade ago, when such services have been made...
The Campus Party in London will be the framework for the new StartUp Europe Forum
19 Aug, 2013
The Campus Party , to be held in London this coming September (2-7 September), will host the presentation of the new StartUp Europe Forum initiative. The new forum will consist of a group of...
M2M will drive a more sustainable, connected society
05 Aug, 2013
By 2015 over six billion objects in the world will be connected to the internet. The explosion of M2M communications, creating what is known as the Internet of Things, is set to fundamentally...
Innovation: a driver of economic growth and prosperity
25 Jul, 2013
Aiming to recognize the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity, and the need for a broad horizontal vision of innovation applicable to developed and emerging...
Betting for openness: 10 Firefox OS keys that you should know about
18 Jul, 2013
In recent months, much has been said about the Firefox OS operating system. A strong candidate to break the iOS - Android duopoly, the Mozilla platform was officially launched at the last...
Patent Club: this is how patents at Telefónica I+D are protected
26 Jun, 2013
Everyone knows that innovation is fundamental in any organization and all the more so in a technology company. In fact, any ICT company is slated to disappear if it does not innovate, if it...
What can we expect from the Smart home of the future?
05 Jun, 2013
Do you know how many devices will be connected via mobile by 2020? And do you know how many intelligent, connected devices and sensors will be present in an ordinary household in the near...
Building a digital Europe
17 May, 2013
Michael Duncan, CEO Telefónica Digital Europe , joined Commissioner Neelie Kroes and speakers from Intel , Centre for European Policy Studies , Microsoft , and Tata yesterday for a panel...
Telefónica: betting for the Internet of the Future
09 May, 2013
As announced by the Telefónica Corporate Responsibility blog , Carlos Domingo , President of IT & D and Product Manager, Development and Innovation of Telefonica Digital , attended last...
Hey entrepreneurs, Wayra launches a 2nd global call! Join in!
08 May, 2013
By its second anniversary and four months after the launch of the 1st Wayra Call , Wayra , the acceleration program of Telefónica , announced last month the launch of a new global call for...
The digitalization of the world
25 Apr, 2013
No matter if we like it or not, the world is becoming more and more digital. We can be in favor, against or just ignore it but that will not change this trend. Having this in mind, a telco...