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O2UK witholding Galaxy Nexus over volume bug

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone is the first to run on Android 4.0

Telefónica’s UK operation O2 has told Telecoms.com that it is not fulfilling orders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone until Google and Samsung have fixed a bug that sees the phone spontaneously lose audio, affecting voice calls and audio alerts. The Galaxy Nexus is the first commercially available handset to sport version 4.0 of the Android smartphone OS, which Google has dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich.

Nokia smartphones “too expensive” says Telefónica handset chief

Nokia's Lumia is too expensive at €420, according to Simon Lee-Smith

Nokia’s high end smartphones are “too expensive” according to the European general manager for devices at international carrier Telefónica. Simon Lee-Smith told Telecoms.com that Nokia’s premium devices are “not yet at the right price point,” adding: “If Nokia wants to sell in volume, they need to bring out devices which are cost-competitive.”

Cayetano Carbajo Martin, GCTO, Telefonica

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Cayetano Carbajo Martin, GCTO, Telefonica

Telefónica states intent with corporate restructure

The Spanish incumbent has created four new organisation units

Spanish incumbent and global carrier Telefónica has restructured itself into four new divisions as part of what the firm called “sweeping changes” designed to “reinfoce the operator’s status as a global player and leader in the digital environment”.

Telefonica Germany to launch 800MHz rural LTE on 1 July

O2 will launch LTE in Germany on 1 July 2011, though initially only via femtocells in rural areas

Telefónica Germany has announced plans to launch LTE services on July 1, 2011. However the launch will be limited to DSL replacement routers capped at speeds of 7.2Mbps.

Peters Suh: Apps are not a zero-sum game

WAC CEO Peters Suh says mobile applications is not a zero-sum game

When 24 of the telecoms world’s biggest players announced the formation of the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) at the Mobile World Congress in February 2010, it’s fair to say the pundits’ response was overwhelmingly sceptical. Peters Suh, WAC CEO, tells Telecoms.com such scepticism was misplaced.

Telefonica pitches social media to LatAm masses

Telefónica was confident enough on Thursday to launch its own social networking portal across its Latin American portfolio. Telefónica, which operates as Movistar in the region, has tapped up software developer Myriad Group to provide social networking to its 13 mobile operations.

From ‘the cloud’ to ‘my cloud’

Eduardo Mendez Polo, global services and cloud computing manager at Telefónica

Ahead of the Telecom Cloud Services Summit in Berlin in early May, telecoms.com caught up with Eduardo Mendez Polo, global services and cloud computing manager at Spanish carrier Telefónica, to talk about cloud as a technology and a business.

Mexico’s LTE plans only as good as government’s ability to green light them

Mexico's MVS Communcaciones wants to rollout LTE in the country

In a telecoms market not noted for competition, Mexico’s MVS Communicaciones’ announcement of plans to invest $1bn in an LTE network as part of a consortium that includes Clearwire and Intel should, in theory, shake things up. The consortium would sell access to its network to a variety of local players, including its rivals, opening up a market that has been dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim’s America Movil.

Telefonica hints at domestic job cuts

Telefónica may cut 20% of its domestic workforce

During its two day Investor Conference at the end of last week, Spanish carrier Telefónica hinted at workforce cuts in its domestic market, potentially affecting as much as 20 per cent of headcount in Spain, or some 6,000 employees.