Telefonicawatch Report #49 Snapshot
27 September 2010
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Table of Contents
4 Telefónica Group
4 Financial reports
4 Telefónica holds substantial credit lines
4 Telefónica returns to global telco fourth place
5 Partners
5 NSN highlights Telefónica relationship
5 Strategy
5 Linares calls for solutions to address traffic growth
5 Acquisitions and disposals
5 Brokers’ reports
6 Rivals question need for fundamental change
6 Telco SpA
6 Linares claims TI synergies on track
7 Telefónica holds environmental targets review meeting
8 Suppliers
8 Telefónica to deploy Andrew Solutions cable
8 Vivo deal
8 Telefónica and PT agree non‑compete deal
8 Vivo deal
9 All parties share prices boosted by Vivo deal
10 Telefónica España
10 Broadband
10 Telefónica upgrades broadband for free
10 Online educational services launched by Movistar
10 Public relations
10 Telefónica recognised for media relations
11 Legal
11 Supreme Court overturns EUR57m fine
11 Market statistics
11 Mobile growth resumes in Spain…
11 Sponsorship
12 …Telefónica’s broadband share takes a hit…
12 Jazztel raising its game in battle with Telefónica
13 …business performance drags fixed-line numbers down
13 Telefónica broadband still dominant in many provinces
13 Mobile regional competitiveness also varies
15 Mobile services
15 Movistar introduces femtocells in Spain
15 Mobile banking begins to take hold in Spain
16 Network
16 Telefónica withdraws Catalonia network bid
16 Regulatory
16 CMT considering new action against Telefónica
17 Telefónica Latinoamérica
17 Regional
17 Potential remains for LatAm mobile banking
17 Argentina
17 MyMail launched in Argentina
17 Argentina
17 Telefónica supports online “time capsule”
18 Movistar launches new mobile chat app
18 Telefónica offers PC deals to boost penetration
19 Telefónica may benefit from Fibertel row
19 Brazil
19 Telefónica promotes OnVideo connected home solution
19 Brazil
20 Telefónica selects Gilat for Brazil satellite services
20 Telefónica wins government IP contract
20 Telefónica cuts broadband prices
20 Brazil
20 Telefónica promotes Direct Debit
20 Telefónica points to falling complaints evidence
21 Brazil: Vivo
21 Vivo completes Minas Gerais integration
21 Anatel to offer 2.5GHz spectrum to operators
21 3G rollout ahead of schedule in Brazil
22 Chile
22 NSN wins Movistar Chile upgrade contract
23 Chile to auction 2.6GHz spectrum
23 Chile to stimulate fibre rollout
24 Government confirms Telefónica invilvement
24 Colombia
24 Telefónica ends interest in ETB partnership
24 Telefónica focus on added value for broadband
24 Ecuador
24 Movistar maintains distant second place in Ecuador
25 Mexico
25 Telefónica ties with Megacable
25 Companies agree to invest after spectrum auction wins
27 Televisa low price could affect Movistar progress
27 Peru
27 Telefónica protests transit charges
27 Telefónica highlights network robustness
28 Movistar Peru in mobile health initiative
28 Venezuela
28 Movistar Venezuela hit by currency problems
28 Venezuela
28 Movistar overhauls online presence
29 Repatriation still on the agenda
29 Movistar/Bess Mobile handset yet to start production
30 Movistar begins BlackBerry push
31 Telefónica Europe
31 Czech Republic
31 O2 uses Smooth Streaming for live festival broadcast
31 O2 announces 3G expansion plans
31 Czech Republic
32 Germany
32 van Eldik takes O2 Germany senior role
32 O2 wins BIONADE contract
33 Fonic claims customer satisfaction victory
33 Ireland
33 ComReg to investigate O2 over move to online billing
33 Czech Republic
33 Germany
34 O2 launches O2 Total Business bundle
34 O2 ties with Brightcove for video platform
34 Germany
35 O2 Ireland partners with iSkoot for O2 Social Link
35 Germany
35 Slovakia
36 United Kingdom
36 O2′s SME business grows despite rivals’ challenge
36 Slovakia
38 O2 to launch “tailored” broadband and phone packages
38 Dunne: Data use will lead to rising prices
38 UK
39 O2 shifts portal strategy as visitors fall
39 UK
40 O2 trumpets partner channel success
40 O2 selects Regenersis for premium customer support
40 UK
41 O2 launches “Eco Ratings” on handsets
42 Ofcom ups 3G power limits
43 Qualcomm highlights UK LTE problems
44 Associates and investments
44 China Unicom
44 Unicom and Huawei sign telemetrics deal
44 Unicom enters major NFC research deal
44 Unicom signs m-banking deal with ABC
44 China Unicom
45 Mobile payment standardisation mooted
45 Telecom Italia
45 Telecom Italia acquires additional stake in Sofora
45 Telecom Italia
Index
A
ABC, 44
Abertis Infraestructuras
- Abertis Telecom, 16
ABTA, 19
Accenture, 36
Alcatel-Lucent, 7, 45
Aldi
- Aldi Talk, 33
Alegro, 24
Alestra, 5
América Móvil, 4, 24, 25
- Claro, 27
- Porta, 24
- Slim, Carlos, 4
- Telcel, 25
- Telmex Internacional
(Carso Global Telecom SAB)
- – Teléfonos de México (Telmex), 25
Analysys Mason, 42
Anatel, 21
Apple, 39, 44
- iPad, 44
- iPhone, 39, 40, 44
Astel, 11
Avenir, 40
Axia, 16
Axtel, 5, 25
Azzurri, 40
B
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, 25
Banco Real, 20
Bankinter, 15
Barclays
- Barclays Capital, 5
Bess Mobile, 29
BIONADE, 32
Bradesco, 20
Brightcove, 34
British Broadcasting Corporation, 39
C
Cablevision, 19
CEZ (Czech Republic), 31
Chavez, Hugo (Venezuela), 29
China Mobile, 44, 45
Citigroup
- Citibank, 8
Clifford Chance, 8
CMT (Spain), 11, 12, 13, 16
Cofetel (Mexico), 25
Colibria, 18
CommScope, 7, 8
- Andrew Solutions, 8
ComReg, 33
comScore, Inc., 39
Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira, 8
D
Dell, 38
Deutsche Telekom
- T-Mobile, 36, 42
Digital Britain, 43
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), 19
E
Empresa de Telecom. de Bogota (ETB), 24
Ericsson, 7, 41, 45
ETB, 24
European Union, 6, 16
Euskaltel, 13
Everything Everywhere
(Orange/T-Mobile UK), 36
F
Facebook, 35
Fishburn Hedges, 38
Forum for the Future, 41
France Télécom, 5
- Orange, 11, 13, 36, 39, 40, 42
G
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, 20
Global Crossing, 23
Goldman Sachs, 5
Google, 19
- Android, 38
- YouTube, 19
Grupo Clarín, 19
- Fibertel, 19
Grupo Santander, 5, 6
Grupo Werthein, 45
GSM Association (GSMA), 7
H
Hewlett-Packard, 31
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), 38
Huawei, 7, 21, 44, 45
I
IBM, 31, 36
Intragov (Brazil), 20
IPSOS, 10
iSkoot, 35
J
Jazztel, 12, 13
L
La Caixa, 15
LIVEBOX, 31
M
Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, 5
Mediapro, 16
Megacable, 5, 25
N
Nalan (Spain), 16
News Corp.
- MySpace, 35
NII Holdings, Inc., 25, 27
Nokia, 5, 7, 22, 38, 45
Nokia Siemens Networks, 5, 22, 45
Nortel Networks, 45
O
Ofcom (UK), 42
Office Depot, 36
Oregan Networks, 19
Osiptel, 27
OVH (Spain), 16
P
Patria Direct, 31
Portugal Telecom, 8, 9
PricewaterhouseCoopers, 23
Q
QUALCOMM, 43
R
Regions
- APAC
- – Australia, 24
- – China, 4, 44, 45
- EMEA
- – Czech Republic, 31, 33
- – Europe, 6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 23, 31, 32, 34, 43, 45
- – France, 5
- – Germany, 5, 22, 32, 33, 34, 35
- – Ireland, 33, 34, 36
- – Italy, 6, 45
- – Portugal, 8, 9
- – Slovakia, 35, 36
- – Spain, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
- – Sweden, 5
- – UK, 5, 8, 19, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
- Latin America, 4, 8, 10, 17, 18, 22
- – Argentina, 17, 18, 45
- – Brazil, 5, 8, 19, 20, 21, 23, 45
- – Chile, 22, 23, 24
- – Colombia, 24
- – Ecuador, 24
- – Mexico, 5, 25, 27
- – Peru, 27
- – Venezuela, 5, 28, 29, 30
- North America
- – USA, 5, 23
Research in Motion, 30, 32, 40
- BlackBerry, 30, 32, 40
- – App World, 30
Royal KPN
- Simyo, 33
S
ServiceValue, 33
Siemens, 22, 45
Simyo, 33
Smartin, 35
SMO (Spain), 16
Sofora, 45
Sony Ericsson, 41
Subtel (Chile), 23, 24
Supreme Court (Spain), 11
Synchronica, 18
T
Tchibo, 33
TDC, 11, 16
Technologies
- 2.5G, 21
- 2G, 44
- – CDMA, 44
- – Edge, 31
- – GSM, 7
- 3G, 11, 15, 21, 30, 31, 42, 43, 44
- – 3.5G, 22, 25
- – HSPA+, 22
- 4G
- – LTE,
4, 6, 21, 22, 23, 43, 45
- Broadband, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 44, 45
- Femtocell, 6, 15
- FTTH, 24
- IP, 11, 19, 20
- Java, 18
- MMDS, 21
- NFC, 44, 45
- PVR, 19
- SIM, 34, 35, 38, 40, 45
- SMS, 15, 17, 34
- TV, 16, 38
- WAPI, 44
- WLAN
- – Wi-Fi, 6, 44
Telco SpA, 6
Telecable (Spain), 13
Teleco, 21
Telecom Argentina, 45
Telecom Italia, 6, 45
- Telecom Italia Mobile, 45
- TIM Brasil, 45
Telefónica Group,
- Associates and investments
- – China Unicom, 4, 44, 45
- – Portugal Telecom, 8, 9
- – Telecom Italia, 6, 45
- España, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
- Europe (O2)
- – Alice, 33
- – Czech Rep., 31, 33, 34
- – Fonic, 33, 35
- – Germany, 32, 33, 34, 35
- – Ireland, 33, 34, 35
- – Slovakia, 35, 36
- – Think Big, 39
- – UK, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
- Executives
- – Abellan, Juan Antonio, 29
- – Alierta, César, 10, 24
- – Andreu, Alberto, 7
- – Bertram, Theo, 38
- – Brown, Alan, 34
- – Cahill, Jonnie, 34
- – Cerusico, Juan, 8
- – Chueca, Sergio, 25
- – Dowd, Ben, 40
- – Dunne, Ronan, 38, 41
- – Evans, Sarah, 39
- – Fernández Valbuena, Santiago, 29
- – Flögel, Oliver, 22
- – Fox, Alan, 35
- – Geyr, Felix, 38
- – Gomez, Alfonso, 24
- – Linares, Julio, 5, 6
- – Matejovsky, Petr, 31
- – Muñoz, Claudio, 23
- – Pearmain, Alex, 38
- – Plumb, David, 36
- – Pruchnow, Johannes, 32
- – Rice, Gareth, 41
- – Shibata, Mitsuo, 20
- – van Eldik, Michiel, 32
- Fundación Telefónica, 17
- Latinoamérica, 8, 17, 18, 20
- – Argentina, 17, 18, 19
- – Brazil, 19, 20
- – Chile, 22, 23, 24
- – Mexico, 25
- – Peru, 20, 27, 28
- – Telefónica International Wholesale Services, 20
- – Venezuela, 28, 29, 30
- Products and services
- – Aula 365, 10
- – Community Flatrate, 33
- – Eco Rating, 41
- – Flex Talk Surf, 19
- – Joined Up, 40
- – Mi Cobertura Móvil, 15
- – Mobile banking, 15
- – MyMail Movistar, 17
- – My Movistar Online, 28
- – O2 Active, 39
- – O2 Mobile Flat Tariff, 34
- – O2 o,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40
- – O2 Priority, 40
- – O2 Social Link, 35
- – O2 Total Business, 34
- – OnVideo, 19
- – Pay-TV, 19, 21, 25, 27
- – Speedy, 20
- – Visual Voicemail, 39
- – WAWANET, 28
- Sponsorships
- – Caisse d’Epargne, 11
- – Movistar Pantin Classic, 11
- – O2 Media Awards, 39
- Telco SpA, 6
- Telefónica Office of Climate Change, 7
Telekom Srbija, 4
Televisa, 5, 25, 27
TeliaSonera, 6
- Yoigo (Xfera), 6, 11
TVA, 19
Twitter, 35
U
UOHS, 31
Uria Menendez, 8
V
VCCP, 35
Vivendi SA, 5
Vivo Participacoes, 4, 5, 8, 9, 20, 21
- Brasilcel N.V., 8
- Telemig Celular (Brazil), 21
Vodafone Group,
10, 11, 12, 13, 31, 36, 39, 40, 42, 43
- Spain, 10, 11, 12
- UK, 36
W
Werthein family, 45
WPP plc
- Mindshare, 35
X
XXIV Telecommunications Sector Summit, 5
Z
ZON Multimedia, 8
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Published: September 2010
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