Consolidation is on the agenda again in Spain
Talk of a merger between Vodafone and Masmovil has resurfaced – and been denied – but market watchers in Spain remain convinced that consolidation is back on the agenda.
Talk of a merger between Vodafone and Masmovil has resurfaced – and been denied – but market watchers in Spain remain convinced that consolidation is back on the agenda.
Shareholders of Spain’s Másmóvil have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a €3 billion takeover deal that will take the company private.
Telefónica has an ambitious timescale for its 5G deployment, and it has tapped Nokia to put it on the right track.
Spanish telecoms group Telefónica officially switched on its 5G signal today and promised three quarters of the population will have access by the end of the year.
Masmovil’s proposed takeover bid undervalues it by around €1 billion according to one of its smaller investors.
Telco cloud services might still be in their embryonic days, but there is plenty of attention from the Silicon Valley internet giants as Google inks a deal with Telefonica.
KKR, Cinven and Providence have combined forces to buy Spanish telco MasMovil, but with depressed share prices and regulatory opinions shifting, it could just be the first corporate transaction.
All the major Spanish telcos have unveiled a joint statement to customers, asking for fair and reasonable use of the internet during over the foreseeable future.
UK telecoms group BT is in the middle of a major streamlining operation and the latest casualty is its Spanish managed ICT services business.
Portugal is the latest western country to say it won’t ban Huawei from its 5G network, while Telefónica Spain is using Huawei for its 5G core.
Some surgeries were performed in Spain with real-time assistance from Japan thanks to the low latency of 5G.
The rumour mill is churning at maximum speed as Vodafone Spain is reportedly considering a sale of its fixed network for €1.2 billion.
Telefonica Spain has announced a tie-up with Santander to launch a joint-innovation project to test out 5G applications in the banking sector.
Spain is not often mentioned when discussing the leaders for connectivity in Europe, but it does seem momentum is gathering pace in the country.
The mobile operator claimed that the voice and data call over end-to-end 5G network in Valencia was the first of its kind in Spain as well as in Europe. All other trials have been done over non-standalone networks.
Vodafone has announced the launch of a new smart home network which it hopes will address a frustration of many consumers around the world; suspect wifi.
Facebook will be the only platform to watch LaLiga live in the next three seasons in the Indian subcontinent.
Virgin Media might be struggling to live the convergence dream in the UK, though Orange doesn’t seem to be having any problems as it reports another positive set of results.
Spanish telco group Telefónica got together with Ericsson and others to show how 5G will power the future car.
Vodafone Spain has finally unveiled its shiny new gigabit fibre offering, almost two years after starting work on it.
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