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...
Telefonica Tech noted its new cyber-intelligence service is part of the NextDefense managed services
Telefónica Tech, which is a unit of Spanish carrier Telefonica, has launched a comprehensive cyber intelligence service for large enterprises, the company said in a release.
Telefónica Tech’s new service provides guidance...
Market research firm Kaleido Intelligence has reviewed a bunch of cellular IoT providers for the supply of connectivity management platforms (CMP), eSIM connectivity, and eSIM subscription management – and ranked Vodafone, Eseye, G+D, and Thales as the best in the business. Vodafone was rated...
The news is perhaps more that this is news; that a service like industrial AR for remote inspections is only just, apparently, a part of ta serious-minded enterprise-facing tier-one telco’s service portfolio, but Telefónica Tech has announced just that, partnering with Germany-based remote access...
Telefónica is looking to offer a 5G-based dual-mode terrestrial-and-satellite service for NB-IoT connectivity. Its digital services business, Telefónica Tech, and managed services division, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), are working with Barcelona-based satellite telco operator Sateliot to run Release 17-level IoT data over both ground-based...
The SD-WAN offering will first launch in Spain and then expand into other European and Latin American markets
Telefónica Tech, Telefónica's digital business unit, and Cisco announced at this year’s RSA Conference a strategic alliance and a new global managed service that includes integrated connectivity and...
Telefónica Tech, the enterprise solutions division of Spanish telecoms group Telefónica, has acquired Austria-based cloud solutions provider and enterprise software integrator BE-terna for up to €350 million, including potential earnouts. BE-terna specialises in driving digital transformation based mainly on Microsoft, but also works with...
Telefónica Tech, the digital change unit of Spain-based operator Telefónica, has acquired UK-based digital transformation and data analytics company Incremental for £175 million. Incremental, a major Microsoft partner in the UK, will be integrated into Telefónica Tech business in the UK and Ireland.
In the...
Telefónica is working with La Marina de València, the maritime district in the southeastern port city of Valencia in Spain, to ‘digitise’ electricity and water supply for boats, including with various IoT, 5G, cloud computing, analytics and blockchain solutions, it has said. The firm’s...
We are a little late with this, but it is a sizeable deal, which might also be construed as significant because it is for low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity in Spain, in Sigfox’s (other) backyard, and its comes to us in the days after Sigfox’s...
Telefónica Tech, the digital services arm of Telefónica, has signed a deal with Spanish engineering services company Grupo Álava, to launch a predictive analytics solution for the Industry 4.0 market that also leverages private 5G, cloud and edge computing, and big-data ‘AI’ analytics from...
Telefónica Tech, the digital business unit of Spanish telco Telefónica and Contazara, a manufacturer of electronic meters, announced they will deploy 130,000 smart meters for Spanish public utility firm Canal de Isabel II.
This first phase of the initiative is the start of Canal de...
Telefónica has signed a deal with Microsoft to combine their private 5G networking and edge computing capabilities, respectively, for the industrial sector. The pair said their “joint vision” is to deploy integrated industrial-grade 5G communications and computing solutions on customers’ premises.
The arrangement is between...
2021 will be the year industrial IoT gets ‘massive’, when companies decide, after the impact of Covid-19, to make change, and to accelerate their digital transformation. In technology terms, a major driver of this ‘massification’ will be 5G, and in particular private deployments of...
Telefónica has purchased Valencia-based cybersecurity firm Govertis for an undisclosed fee, as part of a concerted buying spree. The company will be integrated into the Spain-based carrier’s digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, and specifically its ElevenPaths cybersecurity sub-division. Telefónica said to expect more acquisitions in...
Telefónica’s new digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, has adapted its existing catalogue of IoT and big data solutions for the post-coronavirus recovery of the retail, tourism, hospitality, transport, and mobility sectors, it has said.
The Spain-based operator revealed a five-point reinvention plan at the end of...
Spain-based telecoms operator Telefónica and Germany-based industrial provider Siemens have announced a deal to offer combined IT / OT cybersecurity for the Industry 4.0 sector in Spain, marrying their respective strengths in IT and OT security.
The Spanish division of Siemens is offering its digital...
