Talk about scale, right out of the gate; Vivo, the Brazilian unit of Spain-based Telefónica, has recruited Nokia to deploy private LTE (4G) networks at 30 locations belonging to Brazilian brewing company Ambev. These include factories, warehouses, and other logistics and distribution centres, it...
Telefonica: “I think one of the killer apps of network programmability can be ML”
Before diving into the role of a programmable data plane in supporting telco AI applications, Telefonica Research’s Senior Research Scientist Eduard Marin Fabregas provided a bit of a history lesson to...
Nokia is putting major R&D focus on the mining industry, having won a number of deals for private 4G/5G infrastructure in the sector. Its research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, is working directly with Brazil-based mining company Value to create a “cognitive monitoring network service”...
Germany-headquartered IoT MVNO 1NCE has claimed another record year, outrunning its 2023 total with eight million new cellular IoT connections in the first three quarters of 2024. The firm added seven million new “endpoints” (connected devices) in 2023, it said. It counts 30 million...
O2 Telefonica carried out the test in the so-called Innovation Cluster in Potsdam
German carrier O2 Telefonica, owned by Spanish operator Telefonica, has achieved peak download speeds of more than 1.7 Gbps by bundling four frequency bands in 5G Standalone (5G SA) mode, the telco...
O2 Telefonica now reaches more than 96% of the German population with its 5G service
German carrier O2 Telefónica said it has deployed a total of 1,900 transmitters across Germany since the beginning, the telco said in a release. The carrier, owned by Spanish telco...
Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot has raised €10 million from venture capital group Global Portfolio Investments as part of a continuing €30 million Series-B funding round, as covered here, which has also seen interest from IT and defense firm Indra Sistemas, telecoms tower company...
Prompted by some late opportunism by Spain-based Telefónica, which has just issued a press note (widely covered) to declare itself the best telco-born ‘techco’ in Europe, six months after the research was first released, RCR Wireless has returned to the original assessment by analyst...
Chilean telco WOM had filed for bankruptcy in April after failing to refinance its debts
América Móvi, through one of its subsidiaries, and Telefónica signed a non-binding agreement to jointly explore their potential participation in the sale process of the assets of Chilean operator WOM...
Following the merger of Orange and MasMovil, MasOrange had a total of 190 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band, which exceeded the spectrum cap of 140 megahertz for that band
MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local...
Millicom noted that the discussions include the potential acquisition by Millicom of Telefonica’s stake in Coltel for approximately $400 million in cash
Millicom and Telefonica announced that they have entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the potential combination of local carriers Telefonica...
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone detail Open RAN interests—SMO, RIC, RAN hardware acceleration are focus areas
As Open RAN has becomes mainstream, the industry focus has shifted from supplying greenfield network builds to integrating new, open radio systems into brownfield networks. For Open...
O2 Telefonica said that the new site has been deployed in Bavaria
German operator O2 Telefónica has put into operation the first mobile site that operates completely independently of the general power supply.
The site has been deployed in the small town of Sindlbach, in the...
Telefonica noted that the new agreement with Digi has a duration of 16 years
Spanish telco Telefónica and compatriot telco Digi have signed a new long-term mobile network agreement to extend their ongoing relationship, the former said in a release.
Telefonica noted that the new agreement...
O2 Telefonica said highway operator Autobahn GmbH will search for and provide suitable federal land
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica and local highway operator Autobahn GmbH have signed a cooperation agreement to expand additional mobile phone sites with 5G technology...
Nokia said that the deal provides 5G coverage in six of Colombia’s largest cities
Finnish vendor Nokia and Colombian carrier Claro announced the successful completion of the first stage of what it claims to be Colombia’s largest 5G deployment covering over 1,000 sites nationwide.
The project,...
'Sustaining closed networks is a thing of the past,' says Nokia exec
Nokia announced a collaboration with Telefonica that will see the pair develop Standalone (SA) 5G-compatible consumer, enterprise and industrial services. As part of the agreement, the companies will also explore new API opportunities,...
Telefonica is also offering 5G services in Spain via the 700 MHz spectrum band
Spanish telco Telefónica, which operates under the Movistar brand, has already reached over 1,000 municipalities in Spain with high-performance 5G in the 3.5 GHz band, the telco said in a release.
The...
O2 Telefonica had recently activated similar 5G street lighting masts in Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg
German operator O2 Telefónica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, and compatriot infrastructure provider 5G Synergiewerk have activated what they claim to be the first 5G street lighting mast in...
Telefonica also said it is currently using Google Cloud internally to advance in its own digital transformation
Spanish carrier Telefonica and Google Cloud announced the renewal and extension of their partnership to help businesses accelerate their digital transformations.
The European operator noted that the agreement includes...
SEPI said it spent nearly $2.5 billlion to acquire more than 567 million shares in Telefonica
The Spanish government said it has acquired a 10% stake in domestic telecom operator Telefonica through a state holding company.
Spanish state-run company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) had...
UK tower company Cornerstone is to build an outdoor neutral host 5G and IoT platform across UK cities by deploying cellular-connected luminaries from Dutch lighting firm Signify in street lighting infrastructure. The firm, a radio infrastructure joint-venture originally between Telefónica and Vodafone in the...
Nokia, which supplies the 5G core for the O2 Telefonica 5G SA network, claimed that this development is a first of its kind
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will host O2 Telefónica’s Standalone (SA) 5G core network software on its public cloud infrastructure in Germany. Nokia, which...
Analyst house Omdia has ranked the top mobile network operators in the world for their various progress with ‘tech-co’ reinvention, and placed a trio of Asia Pacific (APAC) firms in the top spots in the league table, leading the charge from their peers in...
