Antonio Carlos Valente, the president of Telefónica Vivo, said the company is waiting for a decision from the Administrative Council for Economic Defense before moving forward with integrating GVT's operations. Telefónica bought GVT last year from the French group Vivendi.
Speaking with members of the press during the Campus Party...
Telefónica SA considers using O2 proceeds to pay for GVT
Telefónica SA is reportedly considering using proceeds from the sale of O2 UK to pay for Brazilian broadband operator GVT. Bloomberg reports that the $8.7 billion deal to purchase GVT from Vivendi SA was agreed...
Sky set to add mobile to platform beginning in 2016
U.K.-based satellite television provider Sky said it plans to add mobile services to its portfolio through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Telefónica UK, which offers wireless services under the O2 brand.
The multiyear deal...
A conversation with Javier Lorca Hernando, Project Manager for the RAN, Telefonica R&D
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The operators’ view on C-RAN – Telefonica, Spain
Telefonica has been and continues to...
China Telecom ringing in the New Year with goals to release 100 contract-bundled 4G smartphone models
China Telecom and China Unicom have been rolling out LTE FDD/TD-LTE 4G networks in China, and both operators are planning an aggressive strategy for 2015. Digitimes reports that China...
The Brazilian unit of Telecom Italia, TIM, closed a deal with WhatsApp. Under the agreement, TIM Brasil customers who have the post-paid “controle” plan can use WhatsApp without paying for the data consumption used by the over-the-top service. The package costs $10.77 and includes 300 MB of data,...
Amazon rainforest to join 4G LTE lineup
Telecom giant Ericsson is working with Telefonica’s subsidiary in Peru to connect schools, health care centers and other rural parts of the Amazon rainforest to a LTE network.
The two companies tout the project as a first-of-its-kind for Latin...
British Telecommunications in preliminary talks to buy EE
Deutsche Telekom and Orange may be considering selling consumer network EE to BT. EE is the largest mobile operator in the United Kingdom. Orange and Deutsche Telekom have previously considered whether they should list EE on the stock...
Following the BT Group's announcement that it was interested in buying Telefónica's O2, the company is now also in talks with Deutsche Telekom and Orange about acquiring their jointly owned mobile operator EE. Deutsche Telekom and Orange confirmed on Nov. 26 that they were holding discussions with BT about a...
Both Vodafone and Telefonica recently made announcements related to a stronger linkage in the telematics space. One is a partnership and one is an acquisition. On the surface I wasn’t really sure why these moves made sense from companies mainly focused on the value...
U.K.-based BT is looking to re-enter the country’s mobile space in a deal that could include an acquisition of a current mobile operator.
BT, which has previously stated interest in re-entering the U.K. mobile industry after abandoning the market in 2001, acknowledged that it is...
Telefónica telco cloud expands with Equinix Cloud Exchange
Telefónica telco cloud has expanded through a partnership with Equinix to connect multiple cloud service providers through the Equinix Cloud Exchange. The partnership is designed to allow direct access to multiple cloud networks across Europe, Asia and North America. Telefónica said the partnership...
The European Union is considering a more relaxed approach to net neutrality – even though the European Commission passed a fairly strict interpretation of the concept in April that would ban operators from prioritizing data traffic on the Internet.
The newly elected commission, which is now led by...
Telefónica has chosen Comsearch, a CommScope company that focuses on spectrum planning and analysis, for optimizing its microwave backhaul link systems.
Telefónica will use Comsearch's iQlink XG spectrum planning tool for microwave backhaul, expanding the standing relationship between the two companies by adding Comsearch's software...
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The automotive industry is on the verge of its biggest transformation in over a century – and it’s all down...
Much of the discussion around big data in Europe has centered on protecting data rather than using it. Revelations connected to the U.S. National Security Administration spying scandal has had a huge impact on Europe, driving a heavy focus on data security at the expense of building...
SÃO PAULO — While waiting for regulatory approvals of its acquisition of GVT, Telefónica Vivo has not yet disclosed any details about how it will combine brands or make changes following the buyout. However, at this week’s Futurecom event, Antonio Carlos Valente, president of Telefónica Vivo, made it clear that...
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The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and financially benefit from their networks....
Editor’s Note: Wireless industry trade group GSMA and its GSMA Intelligence division recently released its rankings of the world’s 30 largest mobile operators based on an equal weighting of total connections at mid-year and total revenues over the past 12 months. Below is the complete...
A new report from industry trade association GSMA looked to rank the world’s mobile operators based on their total revenues over the past 12 months and connections to their networks at the end of the second quarter, with both values ranked equally. The results...
América Móvil, which owns Claro, NET and Embratel in Brazil, confirmed its interest in making a common offer with the carrier Oi to acquire the operator TIM Brasil. Oi has already released a material fact announcing that it has engaged Banco BTG Pactual to review alternative options to acquire...
AT&T and Telefonica announced today they are working together to bring the success of AT&T’s Digital Life in the United States to Europe. In just one year AT&T has brought Digital Life to 82 markets in the United States.
It was great to see the...
Brazil’s government has approved a tax break program that exempts companies from several federal taxes related to investment in telecommunications networks. A total of 1,400 projects are expected to fall under the tax relief program, totaling almost U.S.$2.67 billion (R$6 billion) in tax exemptions. The...
UPDATED: The future of Brazil's telecom market has become complicated by several potential, competing acquisition offers. Nearly everyone expects some kind of market consolidation, but how it will happen is not yet clear. Over the past few weeks, French company Vivendi has fielded dueling bids from Spain's Telefónica...
