Spanish regulatory body, the CNMC is scrutinising Telefónica over a possible breach of competition rules with an investigation into the premium channels offered by Movistar Plus. This is the second recent legal case started by the CNMC following last week when the regulatory body commenced legal proceedings against Telefónica over a possible breach of the […]

Telco MasOrange and trade unions have reached an agreement over a workforce reduction, affecting 650 employees instead of the initial plan of 795. Both parties have been negotiating in recent weeks following protests from workers. MasOrange has undertaken not to reduce its workforce any further until at least June 2026. Following this move, the three […]

Mega Max Media has announced a new partnership for its toddler channel, ducktv, in Germany through a FAST carriage agreement. The channel is now part of the newly launched o2 TV platform from o2 Telefónica, which went live on September 25th. This agreement was facilitated by The Channel Store, a provider of FAST/AVoD B2B services […]

AVoD and FAST Channel provider wedotv is part of the newly launched German TV platform from o2 Telefónica. wedotv will contribute its three FAST Channels wedotv movies, wedotv big stories and wedotv sports to the platform’s channel lineup, adding a variety of movies, documentaries and sports coverage to the streaming service. The launch was facilitated […]

M7, the German provider of TV entertainment for cable and IP networks, is the content partner for a channel portfolio with which O2 Telefónica will launch its new TV platform, O2 TV, on September 25th. The licence package supplied by M7 covers over 130 pay-TV channels from Kinowelt, SPI and Hearst Networks: Kinowelt Television HD, […]

MasOrange and Telefónica have signed a deal to share fibre optic networks in Spain, whereby the former will have access to 3.5 million homes with no need to deploy more networks as it will reach a total of 17 million households across the country. In exchange , MasOrange will pay Telefónica 50 per cent of […]

Soon after Vodafone and Orange’s announcement that they are creating a joint fibre network company, now comes news of a similar operation between Vodafone and Telefónica. Telefónica and Vodafone have revealed they will create a fibre company to share their FTTH networks, reaching 40 per cent of all customers in Spain. The new joint company […]

Communications service providers (CSPs) have experienced substantial consolidation in recent years with 514 mobile and wireline M&A deals worldwide over the 2019-23 period, Omdia’s research shows. There have been more wireline M&A deals than mobile, with 392 wireline and 122 mobile M&A deals over the 2019-23 period. The mobile M&A includes prominent deals such as […]

O2 Telefónica in Germany and Nokia have announced the deployment of 5G standalone core software on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The rollout provides O2 Telefónica with ultra-low latency to deliver advanced 5G services, like extended reality and network slicing, which require instant availability and greater bandwidth capacity. Nokia’s secure and cloud-native 5G core architecture, including […]

Coinciding with its 100th anniversary, Telefónica will switch off its ADSL networks in Spain on April 19th. The blackout will affect 440,000 customers who are still using ADSL to access the Internet and Movistar services, according to CNMC. The closure of its copper networks is the next step towards the “new digital world” in the […]