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Telefonica bolsters IPTV offering with Digital + buy

Telefonica bolsters IPTV offering with Digital + buy

Spanish carrier Telefonica said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire 21 per cent of local satellite TV player Prisa, which operates under the Digital + brand.

Vodafone to roll out MiFi mobile broadband hotspot

Vodafone to roll out MiFi mobile broadband hotspot

Vodafone has confirmed plans to deploy the MiFi mobile broadband hotspot in three markets but may face a challenge in marketing the hard to explain device.

The only way isn’t up when it comes to tomorrow’s broadband

At Informa Telecoms & Media, we don’t often use charts, graphs or diagrams to illustrate our thought pieces, but sometimes a picture can paint a thousand words, as the old saying goes.

Orange serves up access to Wikipedia

Orange serves up access to Wikipedia

Mobile operator Orange has struck a deal with dispute resolution tool and fact finding site Wikipedia in a bid to boost mobile data traffic.

Vodafone, Telefonica share European networks

Vodafone, Telefonica share European networks

The rumours were true. Vodafone, the world’s biggest operator by revenues, and pan-European carrier Telefonica, owner of the O2 brand, are sharing network infrastructure across Europe.

Telefonica income drops 50%; news not all bad

Spanish carrier Telefonica gave further indication of the state of the European telecoms market on Friday, reporting revenue for the third quarter that climbed 5.7 per cent year on year to Eur14.99bn while net income dropped 50 per cent year on year to Eur2bn.
But the previous year’s income was boosted by the sale of [...]

iPhone watch: Japan and Spain confirmed

Maintaining the fever pitch in the run up to next week’s Apple extravaganza, the Californian king of cool gadgets has announced yet more iPhone partners.
On Wednesday, Japanese WCMDA operator Softbank announced it too would be carrying the iPhone later this year.
The news provided probably the most conclusive evidence yet that the next generation device is [...]

Telefonica O2 cuts data charges for roamers

Spanish carrier Telefonica, which owns the O2 group of companies, proposed to cut the cost of mobile data services when roaming by as much as 40 per cent on Monday.
Consumers in Spain, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic will benefit from a range of new data roaming tariffs aimed at those travelling within Europe ahead [...]