Spain looks ahead to lifting all fibre access rules
Spain’s telecom regulator has lifted fibre access regulations in a large swathe of the country and is looking ahead to the possibility of an entirely rule-free set-up in just a few years.
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Fibre sell-off continues in Spain
Fibre-optic networks are hot property in Spain, with yet another sale apparently attracting the attention of some big names in the investment world.
EQT exits Adamo
EQT is offloading Spanish fibre operator Adamo to a fellow private equity outfit some five years after it bought the asset, and reports suggest it has made a few Euros in the process.
Digital transformation costs jobs at Vodafone
Vodafone Spain is cutting around 12% of its workforce, shedding staff that do not fit with its digital transformation push.
European incumbents push on with OpenRAN rollout
Two of Europe’s biggest telecoms players have announced new initiatives to scale up their early moves into OpenRAN.
Spain nets €1 billion in lacklustre 700 MHz sale
Spain has finally auctioned off spectrum in the 700 MHz band, but bidding was lacklustre at best, with the final total only just exceeding the reserve price.
Vodafone Spain picks Ericsson for 5G SA core
The Spanish bit of Vodafone has joined its British and German stablemates in picking Ericsson for its standalone 5G core work.
Euskaltel board recommends acceptance of Masmovil acquisition
Consolidation among Spanish operators got one stap closer after the board of Euskaltel recommended its shareholders accept Masmovil’s €2 billion acquisition bid.
Telefonica’s latest asset sale makes for interesting reading
News of new asset sales from Telefonica seems to break pretty regularly and this week is no exception.
Spain to auction 700 MHz for 5G, with sweetened conditions
The Spanish government has announced it will auction the 700 MHz by mid-July for the deployment of 5G networks in the country, and has improved commercial terms to encourage bids.
GSMA insists it’s still worth coming to MWC 2021
Mobile operator trade body the GSMA, which runs Mobile World Congress, held a press conference that came over like a plea for people to attend this year’s event.
Telefónica wants €100 million-plus for logistics business
Telefónica is pushing ahead with debt-reduction efforts and this time it is logistics business Zeleris that is up for grabs.
Telefónica hedges its bets on data centres
Telefónica has brokered a deal that will see it offload four more data centres but pick up a stake in the company acquiring them.
Telefónica looks to the future with the same leader and a retro logo
Spanish telco group Telefónica concluded its AGM by re-electing José María Álvarez-Pallete as Chairman and CEO, and unveiling a rebrand
Orange mulls its Spanish predicament
Orange posted a fairly solid set of first-quarter results on Thursday, all things considered, but it was hard not to notice the fly in the ointment that is its Spanish operation.
Spain approves entry for all MWC registrants
The organizers of Mobile World Congress 2021, due to take place in Barcelona this Summer, have received some much-needed good news from the Spanish government.
GSMA holds firm over MWC 2021 despite further cancellations
This year’s Mobile World Congress suffered a further blow with the news that Google, the owner of Android, would not be physically participating this year.
MasMovil moves for Euskaltel, pledges to retain Basque identity
Just months after Euskaltel launched its play for nationwide presence in Spain, the market’s most aggressive competitor MasMovil has swooped in and snapped it up.
MasMovil, Vodafone merger talk refuses to die
MasMovil has reopened discussions with Vodafone about a possible merger of their Spanish businesses, according to local press reports.
MásMóvil’s claim to be Spain’s biggest fibre operator is misleading
MásMóvil is making a lot of noise about being Spain’s largest fibre operator, claiming it has the broadest FTTH footprint of all four players.
Events
MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
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Telco AI World Summit
- 02-04 November 2021
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Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
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