Telefónica Picks Alcatel-Lucent for 100G Backbone in Spain
Telefónica has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) a 100 Gbps optical network throughout the north-west, eastern and southern regions of Spain. The…
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Telefónica Tests Network Functions Virtualization with Brocade
Telefónica has conducted a series of tests with Brocade’s Vyatta 5600 vRouter aimed at benchmarking the performance range service providers can expect from virtualized,…
Telefónica Bids to Create Largest Operator in Brazil
Telefónica will bid offer to 20,100 million Brazilian Reais (equivalent to 6,700 million euros at current exchange rates) to acquire Vivendi’s Global Village Telecom…
Telefónica’s Movistar Pay TV Service Launches Cloud DVR with ALU
Telefónica’s Movistar pay TV service in Spain has implemented a network-based DVR service that gives subscribers access to up to 350 hours of personal…
Telefónica launches “Sinfonier” CyberSecurity Community
Telefónica introduced Sinfonier, a collaborative security working environment for developers and researchers to share cybersecurity intelligence. Telefónica said its goal with Sinfonier is to…
Telefónica Picks Nokia for LTE Upgrade in Spain
Telefónica has selected Nokia Networks as key supplier for radio access equipment and professional services in Andalusia, Galicia, Castilla Leon and Levante over a…
Ericsson Optimized Telefonica Brasil for World Cup
Ericsson supplied its Key Event Experience network optimization solution to support Telefonica | Vivo operations during the 2014 World Cup. The Key Event Experience…
Fiber Theft Knocks Out Telefónica Movistar Colombia
Telefónica Movistar Colombia suffered a widespread outage of its mobile network in the capital city of Bogotá and other parts of country. The company…
Telefónica’s Alcalá Data Center Achieves TIER IV Gold
Telefónica’s state-of-the-art Alcalá Data Center located outside of Madrid has been named Europe’s largest data center and the third largest in the world. The…
Telefónica Teams with Red Hat/Intel for NFV Reference Lab
Telefónica is working with Red Hat and Intel to create a virtual infrastructure management (VIM) platform based on open source software running on standard…
Movistar TV Spain Signs On for UEFA Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup
Telefónica Movistar TV acquired exclusive broadcast rights for the Spanish market for the 546 official matches between European teams in the qualifying stages for…
Telefónica acquires eyeOS for Virtual Desktop Service
Telefónica has acquired eyeOS, a cloud computing start-up based in Barcelona, Spain offering an open-source web desktop. Financial terms were not disclosed. Telefónica said…
Huawei and Telefónica Demo SDN-based IP + Optical
Huawei and Telefónica completed a joint test on Software-defined Networking (SDN)-based IP and Optical integration . The test used Huawei’s commercially available routers and…