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The Spanish-based telecom will focus on E2E customer experience HONG KONG – Within the next five years, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica will focus its efforts on the development of mobile …

The expansion of operation support systems and business support systems implementation throughout Latin American was the topic of a recent video interview with Bob Titus, VP of global converged solutions …

“Internet of Things” is a red-hot buzzword in the telecom industry. While use cases involving consumer wearables tend to dominate the discourse, there’s another, much less flashy IoT optimized for …

A conversation with Ian Miller, director of radio access networks, Telefónica Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report The complexity of mobile …

Both parties will promote global standardization for 5G technology The European Union and China have signed an agreement for the future development of “5G” networks. The deal was inked during …

UK telcos to pay almost £200 million per year to use 900 MHz, 1800 MHz bands U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has published revised annual fees for mobile operators, which determine the amount …

TBR report predicts U.S. and European operators to lead way in NFV and SDN investments Spending on network virtualization technology including software-defined networking and network functions virtualization is expected to …

PoC combines NFV and SDN from NetCracker and NEC to power Telefónica WAN portfolio Proof of concepts continue to dominate the world of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking, with …

Customer relationship management is a key area for telecommunications companies, as it’s direct contact with the clients. To improve CRM, the Brazilian carrier Oi has gathered multiple databases into a …

OSS expansion deal bolsters Mexican service providers reconciliation, workforce management Mexican quad-play communications provider Maxcom signed a deal with NEC and its NetCracker subsidiary to bolster its current NetCracker supplied …

Huawei’s SBC platform designed to support VoLTE, RCS, voice-over-broadband services Spain’s Telefónica continues to push virtualization technology across its network, with the latest move coming in a deal with Huawei …

A pilot project has been under development to transform the city of Águas de São Pedro, a small municipality with about 3,000 citizens located 187 kilometers from São Paulo, into …

During Brazil’s recent ABTA show, Vivo President Amos Genish said WhatsApp is a clandestine service as it is not regulated in Brazil and not subject to the same regulations or …

Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, climbing 12.4% vs. the year-ago …

Telefónica is boosting its “Internet of Things” international strategy. The Brazilian unit of the Spanish telecom group said it has partnered with Jasper to expand the reach of its machine-to-machine …

Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator Telefónica, is transferring 7,700 mobile …

Virtualization technologies have become a hot topic among telecom operators. Eyeing the benefits of network functions virtualization, Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcatel-Lucent to test NFV technologies as …

Vivendi bought out Telefónica stake in Telecom Italia while dropping shares in SFR and Maroc Telecom French media giant Vivendi announced on June 25 plans to increase its stake in …

Goal is to use network analytics to improve planning, efficiency and quality assurance Major global communications service provider Telefónica is overhauling its operations support system using software solutions provided by …

Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica also in the mix for 700 MHz spectrum After 181 rounds of bidding spread over 16 days, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica emerged as the high …

This week the Federal Telecommunications Institute released updated numbers for the Mexican telecom market during the third quarter of 2014. The number of mobile line subscribers decreased a little from 103 million to 102.18 …

LTE expansion is primary goal of investment Spanish group Telefónica has announced two major investments in Peru and Argentina. The Telco confirmed that it will invest approximately $2 billion in 2015-17 to …

Germany’s telecom regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, this week began the bidding process for spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band, becoming the first European country to open up the spectrum band deemed ideal …

CSP partnering with VC firm to eventually invest $1 billion with other telcos to advance digital transformation Mardrid, Spain-based telecom provider Telefónica has partnered with an American venture capital firm …

CANCUN, Mexico – The telecom industry is going through an extremely difficult period of change. As it moves to the digital experience, companies need to have the ability to leverage …