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Germany Agrees Deal To Phase Out Huawei, Chinese 5G Kit – Report

German government reaches deal with mobile operators to phase out 5G equipment from Chinese firms, including Huawei

5 months ago

Virgin Media O2 In Talks Over £3bn CityFibre Bid – Report

Talks have reportedly begun between Virgin Media O2 and Cityfibre over a possible takeover worth £3 billion

2 years ago

Telefonica Spain Replaces Huawei 5G Kit For Ericsson Gear

Telecoms giant Telefonica confirms it has begun to replace some of its Huawei 5G gear in Spain with equipment from…

3 years ago

O2 Coverage Advert Banned By ASA

Advert by O2 that claimed it had the best coverage citing an uSwitch survey, has been banned by the Advertising…

3 years ago

UK Regulator Provisionally Approves Virgin, O2 Merger

CMA gives provisionally blessing to the 50/50 merger between Virgin Media and O2, after initial concerns over backhaul pricing

4 years ago

Ofcom Hits O2 With £10.5 Million Fine For Overcharging

Put on the naughty step. Mobile operator O2 fined £10.5m by UK regulator for overcharging 140,000 customers between 2011 and…

4 years ago

Virgin Media And O2 Join Forces In Joint Venture

Major UK telecom shakeup...O2's ownership odyssey continues, with confirmation it is to merge with Virgin Media to take on the…

5 years ago

Telefonica Deutschland Opts For Nokia, Huawei 5G Kit

Unlike its counterpart in the UK, O2 in Germany opts to use 5G equipment from Huawei, despite ongoing US pressure…

5 years ago

German Operators Lambast 5G Spectrum Auction ‘Disaster’

Operators face £6bn payout and stringent regulatory burden as they prepare to deploy next-generation networks

5 years ago

MWC 2019: Telecoms Chiefs Warn Governments Over 5G Rollouts

Exploiting spectrum auctions for short-term cash could kill the long-term 'golden goose' before 5G networks are even deployed, say Telefonica…

6 years ago

Telefonica Turns Towns Into ‘Living Labs’ For 5G Tests

Telefonica will test 5G technologies, deployment and business models in Segovia and Talvera de la Reina

7 years ago

Telefonica Deploys AI-Powered Operations Centres

Three centres are up and running in Argentina, Chile and Germany

8 years ago

Telefonica Deutschland CEO Wants Looser Privacy Regulations In Germany

Telefonica Deutschland boss wants to monetise customer data, despite touchy feelings in Germany

8 years ago

O2 Reaches 10m 4G Users But Brexit Hampers IPO Plans

O2 is still looking at floating on the stock exchange but won't commit to a timeline post-Brexit vote

8 years ago

O2 CTO Talks Network Upgrades As Life Goes On After Failed Three Merger

O2 CTO Brendan O'Reilly says network will only get better under Telefonica despite failed Three merger but wants spectrum and…

8 years ago

O2 CEO Ronan Dunne Steps Down After Failed Three Merger

O2 CEO decides its time for a change as Telefonica abandons plans to leave the UK market and appoints CFO…

8 years ago

Telefonica And Huawei Want To Sell OpenStack Cloud Together

Two firms hold hands with global cloud agreement to speed up enterprise migration

9 years ago

Huawei And Telefonica Join Forces For 5G Development

Partners will work together on a number of 5G technologies after agreeing deal at Huawei MBBF 2015

9 years ago

Monitise Signs Telefónica Cloud Platform Deal

Latest in a series of partnerships between Monitise and Spanish carrier

9 years ago

Telefónica Mobile Alerts To Prevent Fraud And Blocked Cards Abroad

‘Travel Alerts’ service created with TeleSign lets users verify their location with their mobile, avoiding fraud and inconvenience of blocked…

9 years ago

40 Percent Of Companies Risking Cyber Security Catastrophe

Too many European firms are nowhere near ready for a data breach, with no incident response plans in place

9 years ago

What Is The Security Impact Of Wearables In The Workplace?

Chema Alonso, CEO of Telefonica subsidiary Eleven Paths, discusses the security implications of introducing a wear your own device (WYOD)…

10 years ago

Sky And Telefonica ‘Discuss’ Potential O2 Partnership

Sky reportedly in talks to launch O2 MVNO, but takeover unlikely

10 years ago

Monitise Gets Major Investment For Mobile Money Expansion

Santander, Telefónica and Mastercard contribute to £49.2m investment, as Monitise also announces further IBM collaboration

10 years ago

Box Targets Japan, Latin America And Australia In $100m Expansion Push

Box gains new partners and investment as it looks to increase its global footprint

11 years ago

Nick Clegg Opens Social Enterprise Accelerator Wayra UnLtd

Telefonica launches another start-up accelerator, but will it see any massive successes in London any time soon?

11 years ago

Ed Vaizey: “A Geek Heaven – That’s What We Want The UK To Be”

Politicians and businesses get behind Campus Party technology festival in London

11 years ago

Win Campus Party Europe Tickets With TechWeekEurope!

We are giving away two pairs of tickets to Campus Party Europe, plus a 20% discount and 3 for 2…

11 years ago

Wayra London Kicks Off Its First Start-Up Internship Fair

The start-up accelerator thinks young companies should hire interns as soon as they can

11 years ago

David Miliband Says Technology Makes Governments More Open

Former foreign secretary discusses the impact of tech on government and the conditions for startups

11 years ago