Telefonica

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Orange looks like Europe’s strongest-performing incumbent telco this quarter, pairing robust financial growth with bold acquisitions and AI investments. While rivals …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): IoT dominates the news cycle: sector consolidation, eSIM orchestration, private 5G, drones and sensing, industrial automation – a telco market shifting …

French telecom entrepreneur Xavier Niel is set to be Vodafone’s largest shareholder after acquiring e&’s stake in the UK firm for $5.9 billion; the move signals a new era of …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI is driving investment across the telco stack – from data centers, fiber, and DCI to access networks, IoT, and edge …

Telco vendors are rushing agentic AI into OSS and BSS stacks – hard, at DTW Ignite this week. Nokia has just announced work with AWS and Databricks to build the …

An Omdia analyst told RCR Wireless News that Telefónica and Google Cloud’s new sovereign cloud partnership highlights a growing trend in Europe toward combining hyperscale cloud platforms with local operational …

Europe is reshaping its digital economy around sovereignty, from satellite spectrum (new post-2027 auction rules for the 2GHz MSS band) and sovereign cloud (Google Cloud picks Telefónica to serve-up hybrid …

An interview with TM Forum, in two parts, about where telcos are up to with network autonomy, and the work to scale point solutions into vendor-agnostic deployments across entire network …

Telefónica opened 2026 with steady growth, stronger profitability, and lower debt, driven largely by a surge in Brazil and discipline in Germany and Spain. Execs moved to calm expectations about …

Nicolas Girard, chief executive at OXIO, buying Telefónica’s business in Mexico, told RCR that the sale will take up to nine months, and the subsequent integration will take just four …

‘Frontier’ telcos like Vodafone, AT&T, and Telefónica are deploying hundreds of AI agents across their operations, says Microsoft – to automate processes, accelerate sales, and drive a new kind of …

Telefónica is working with Nokia to test how AI agents can support the use of network APIs In sum – what to know: Open Gateway limits – Harmand said today’s …

NJJ will hold a 51% stake in the new JV, with Millicom owning the remaining 49% In sum – what to know: Joint structure – Millicom takes a 49% stake …

Telefónica has been gradually exiting most international markets since 2019, focusing instead on its core operations in Brazil, Germany, Spain and the UK In sum – what to know: Chile …

Hiberus will acquire and manage Telefónica Tech’s local operations in Colombia, Mexico and Chile In sum – what to know: Telefónica simplifies LatAm structure – Local operations in Colombia, Mexico …

Telefónica explained that the growth plan focuses on technological modernization, operational simplification, and AI-driven innovation In sum – what to know: Accelerate growth – Telefónica’s Transform & Grow strategy focuses …

For Telefonica, the transaction is aligned with its ongoing strategy to streamline its portfolio and reduce exposure in Latin America In sum – what to know: Telefonica exits Ecuador – …

Telefónica has installed nodes in over 5,000 municipalities, with nearly 3,000 featuring high-performance nodes operating in the 3.5 GHz band In sum – what to know: Nationwide 5G – Telefónica’s …

In the 700 MHz band, which is used for wider area coverage, Movistar had 11,934 base stations in July, up 1,137 from March In sum – what to know: 1,229 …

The decision aligns with national regulations — Telefónica will continue using Huawei gear in Brazil, where no such restrictions currently exist In sum – what to know: In compliance – …

Aduna is now co-owned by Ericsson, with a 50% stake, and a consortium of twelve major CSPs In sum – what you need to know: Global API venture launched – …

Telefonica believes that its exit from Latin America improves its position to undertake consolidation operations in the telecommunications sector in Europe In sum – what you need to know: Telefónica …

Millicom said that the acquisition of Movistar in Ecuador strengthens its position in South America and deepens its geographic diversification In sum – what to know: Telefónica exits Ecuador – …

Nvidia said the initiative spans France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and several Nordic countries In sum — what to know: Massive AI infrastructure expansion – France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. …