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Telefonica and Nokia Siemens Networks Announce LTE Trial

Wireless carrier Telefonica announced recently that it had selected Nokia Siemens Networks as a partner for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) trial it planned on making in the Czech Republic. According to the company, during the six-month trial, which is part of its series of LTE trials conducted in Europe and Latin Ameri...

26 November 2009
15:01 GMT

Telefonica Selects Push and Talk Solution for Latin America

Leading global telecommunications provider Telefonica announced recently that it had reached an agreement with Conectel-Kodiak for the deployment of “Push and Talk” solution in Latin America. According to the carrier, the new service will be rolled-out as “Movistar Movitalk,” and will be base...

11 November 2009
14:41 GMT

Palm Pre Officially at Telefonica Spain on October 14

Telefonica has announced today that it will carry in Spain the new Palm Pre smartphone running under the webOS platform starting with October 14, only a week from now on. According to the carrier, the price tag for the Pre will range from free to 219 Euros, depending on the price plan customers will opt for. Moreover...

7 October 2009
10:41 GMT

Telefonica Starts LTE Testing in Six Countries

Telefonica announced on Friday that it would soon start testing the next generation Long Time Evolution technology in six different countries around the world in its process of moving towards the roll-out of 4G networks. Telefonica is yet another company that plans on deploying the next-generation networks based on t...

3 October 2009
03:43 GMT

Telefonica Delives Nokia Messaging to Latin America

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker and leading wireless service provider Telefonica announced on Wednesday an agreement through which Nokia's email solution Nokia Messaging will become available on the Latin American market through Telefonica's airwaves. According to the mobile phone carrier, the avail...

1 October 2009
05:02 GMT

Telefonica's Application Store Goes Live

Telefonica is yet another telecommunication industry player to go live with its own application store for mobile phones. The new mstore software portal has been launched by the company with a number of more than 1,000 applications on board, and, while at the moment is only available for the company's users in Sp...

11 September 2009
03:05 GMT

Telefonica and China Unicom Announce New Agreements

Telefonica and China Unicom announced on Sunday a strategic alliance aimed at the cooperation on different business areas. According to the duo, the terms of the agreement will allow them to jointly acquire infrastructure and equipment, develop wireless service platforms, provide services to multinational enterprises...

7 September 2009
02:28 GMT

SEVEN to Deliver Mobile Email Services to Telefonica's Users

SEVEN, a leading mobile email and messaging software provider, announced that it had been chosen to provide ‘Mail Movistar’ across Telefonica’s entire customer base, which included the consumer segment, launched June 1, as well as small office/home office (SOHO), small and medium enterprise (SME) an...

2 June 2009
05:13 GMT

Nokia and Telefonica Bring Educational Solutions to Latin America

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and the wireless operator Telefonica announced recently the signing of a partnership meant to provide educational content to remote schools in Latin America via mobile technology. According to the two companies, the agreement will transform the delivery of education in isolated areas ...

16 April 2009
02:57 GMT

Vodafone and Telefonica Announce Network-Sharing Deals

Two of the largest telecommunications operators in the world, Vodafone and Telefonica, announced today a wide-ranging strategic program through which they would share mobile network assets across different European operations. At the same time, the two companies will also work on cooperating in areas like the provisi...

23 March 2009
07:33 GMT

Vodafone and O2 to Enter Network-Sharing Deal

According to the latest news on the Web, Vodafone and O2, the leading mobile phone operators in the UK, could soon make a deal for sharing their network infrastructure in the country. The arrangement between the two carriers could include sharing mobile tower sites, along with network equipment such as base stations,...

17 March 2009
03:09 GMT

Palm Pre Goes to Telefonica, Not Vodafone

According to the latest news on the Web, the highly expected Palm Pre mobile phone will not be distributed in UK by Vodafone; instead it will be added to Telefónica's offering. It seems that the company, along with its subsidiaries, Movistar and O2, will be the ones to have Pre launched in Spain, UK and L...

12 March 2009
08:29 GMT

More Than 40 Android Phones to Come in 2009

The first Android-powered mobile phone was launched about four months ago, and yet the expectations for the platform rise higher and higher every day. According to the latest news on the web, we might be able to see around 40 new handsets running the operating system launched during the ongoing year. At least this is...

7 February 2009
05:04 GMT

Telefonica Pairs the Zeemote JS1 Controller with Sony Ericsson K530i

The Zeemote JS1 Controller, on which we reported several times until now, is getting more and more popular on the mobile market. The latest important company to start selling the game controller is no other than Telefonica, which will offer the accessory to its Spanish customers starting tomorrow, October 1The J...

30 September 2008
15:21 GMT

3D IPTV with No Glasses Required, Soon to Be a Reality

Full 3D television is still a dream, but it's not as "science-fiction" as it once used to be. And that's because the first IPTV service capable of providing full 3D images for consumers without the need for special glasses might arrive as soon as next year, since Spanish company Telefonica has announced tha...

14 August 2008
06:21 GMT

Ericsson and Telefónica Sign New Latin American Deal

Ericsson, the well-known Swedish telecommunications company, announced today that it has signed a new business consulting and systems integration agreement with Telefónica, one of the largest mobile operators in the world, allowing the carrier to enhance the control over its revenue streams. According to the agre...

24 July 2008
10:30 GMT

O2 Germany Expands and Improves Its Network

O2 Germany has signed a new deal with Nokia Siemens, according to which the German carrier's nationwide network will be expanded and modernized. This will allow O2's subscribers across Germany to enjoy improved voice and data services plus new services that require the latest network technologies. Both ...

16 July 2008
10:28 GMT

Motorola Praises Itself for Doing Good Business in Spain

In a piece of news showing that Motorola is doing better business with its networking division than with its handset branch, the American company announced that it had helped Telefónica, the largest mobile carrier in Spain, to improve its GSM network and services across the European country. Thanks to Motorola'...

25 June 2008
03:58 GMT

EU Court Rules in Favor of File Sharers

The legal aspect of the Internet is still in between the white and black, somewhere in that hazy grey area. As a result, many of the claims being made by one or another, regarding crimes on the web, have a long and difficult documentation process before actually going to court.Reuters reports that the European Court ...

29 January 2008
14:31 GMT

Microsoft Defeated by Yahoo in Mobile Battle

The Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo reached an agreement with Telefonica, the famous owner of O2, in order to become the exclusive mobile search provider for the handheld devices connected to this network. According to The Telegraph, this deal might bring over 100 million clients from all around the world to Yahoo's...

1 October 2007
09:40 GMT

Telefonica Will Use Solar Panels for Power

Telefonica's office complex situated in Madrid has developed a building concept that is meant to save a great amount of energy. Their solution comes in the shape of solar panels mounted on the entire surface of the building.The need for saving energy and reducing pollution has pushed Telefonica into setting an e...

5 June 2007
02:18 GMT

Ericsson Provides Mobile TV Technology in Spain

Ericsson has been selected to provide its mobile TV solution to Telefónica España. The service will give end users easy access to Telefónica's rich mobile TV content and services. The deal will provide Telefónica España with the world's fastest channel selector, making mobile TV channel surfing much more co...

17 April 2007
06:58 GMT

Scanbuy Inc. Launches a New Barcode System for Telefonica Moviles Espana Clients

Telefónica Móviles Espana, one of the largest Spain wireless operator is going to be given a new barcode platform system created by one of the global providers of mobile solutions, Scanbuy Inc.The solution is going to be managed and brought to market by Atos Origin that is worldwide Information Technology Partner f...

11 April 2007
08:43 GMT


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