Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that Telefonica has selected its Anti-Piracy services. Looking to expand their existing anti-piracy operations in LatAm, Fraud Prevention team at Telefonica sought access to a combination of advanced technologies and extensive case file history so they could extend their […]
The UK Infrastructure Bank has made a £250 million (€291m) debt investment in new next generation fibre broadband company nexfibre which is rolling out full-fibre broadband to 5 million homes across the UK by 2026. As part of its commitment to investing in infrastructure that tackles climate change and boosts regional and local growth, the […]
Barça TV, the official channel of the Barcelona football team, will cease its transmissions on June 30th following its contract with Telefónica not being renewed. The channel is said to be hitting losses of €14 million every year, and will thus close down dismissing all of its 150 workers. The channel has been operating since […]
Telefónica has appointed Rosauro Varo, current vice president of media group Prisa, as vice president of Movistar Plus. Additionally, the company has added two new members to the Movistar Plus board in Verónica Pascual, current member of Telefónica board, and Iván Bohórquez, founder of Smartener. Sergio Oslé will continue his role as president of Movistar […]
Spanish telco Telefónica and football club Atlético de Madrid have teamed up to launch a TV pilot that enables viewers themselves to produce a football match. Combining 5G technology and Virtual Reality, the pilot will allow viewers to watch the match from different angles via four 360º TV cameras situated in four locations. The system […]
Spanish telco Telefónica saw its profit fall by 57 per cent to €298 million even though revenues grew by 6.7 per cent to €10.04 billion in the first quarter of the year – with Brazil, Germany and UK being the best performing markets in terms of revenues with a growth of 17.5 per cent, 8 […]
While the appropriation of products or services offered by third parties online seems to be socially accepted, the same principles should apply to both the physical and digital worlds, writes Andrea Fabra Fernández, Public Policy Manager, Telefónica in a Blog Post. “Piracy has a significant detrimental impact on the creative industry, leading to reduced income […]
The IMDEA Networks Institute, in collaboration with Telefónica, NEC Corporation and BluSpecs, has launched the ENABLE-6G project, which aims to address the challenges that will be faced by future 6G networks, such as increased connectivity, higher performance demands, and advanced object and environment detection and communication. This project is funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU and […]
Spanish telco Telefónica and Siminn, Iceland’s largest telecommunications operator, have successfully carried out what they say is the first proof of concept for TV roaming. Both companies have been able to demonstrate the feasibility of distributing video services with local delivery when the user is on a visited network by interconnecting their Content Delivery Networks […]
MásMóvil ended the year as the third largest broadband provider in Spain – ahead of Vodafone – according to the latest CNMC data. MásMóvil hit a penetration rate of 18.6 per cent, higher than Vodafone’s 17.5 per cent, which is now in fourth place. Telefónica is the market leader with a 34.1 per cent share […]