Cayetano Carbajo Martin, GCTO, Telefonica
Cayetano Carbajo Martin, GCTO, Telefonica
Telefonica
O2UK witholding Galaxy Nexus over volume bug
November 28, 2011 Written by Mike Hibberd
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
November 7, 2011 Written by Mike Hibberd
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.”
Telefónica states intent with corporate restructure
September 6, 2011 Written by Mike Hibberd
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”.
Tags; Matthew Key, restructure, Telefonica, Americas, Cloud, Europe, M2M, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Telefonica
Telefonica Germany to launch 800MHz rural LTE on 1 July
June 1, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
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.
Tags; Femtocell, LTE, O2 Germany, Telefonica, Europe, Handsets & Devices, LTE, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Telefonica
Peters Suh: Apps are not a zero-sum game
May 16, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver
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.
Tags; Android, Andy Rubin, AT&T, China Mobile, Ericsson, F952 smartphone, Frigo, HTML5, Huawei, IBM, iOS, network APIs, Orange, Peters Suh, Telefonica, telenor, Verizon, W3C widgets, WAC, Wholesale Applications Community, ZTE, Android, App Stores, Billing, Content & Applications, Handsets & Devices, Interviews, Networks, Operator, Vendor
Telefonica pitches social media to LatAm masses
May 2, 2011 Written by James Middleton
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’
April 27, 2011 Written by James Middleton
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
April 26, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver
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
April 18, 2011 Written by James Middleton
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.
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