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Articles tagged with: Telefonica O2
Telefonica O2 pays $1.3 Billion for German DSL-Provider
Telecom Italia has sold its German DSL-provider, Hansenet to Telefonica for EUR 900 million (US$1.33 billion) in an all cash transaction. Once the acquisition of the company is finalized, Telefónica O2 Germany will become the number three player in the German market in terms of revenue. more
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O2 Tests HSPA+ Upgrade in Munich
Telefónica O2 Germany has announced that it is starting the live operation of the mobile HSPA+ data network in an urban area of Munich. The network technology and USB Modem are being provided by Huawei. more
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O2 Joins Smart Card Trade Association
Smart card standards body, GlobalPlatform has announced that Telefónica O2 Europe has joined the group as an Observer Member. more
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Huawei Completes Germany Network Upgrade
Huawei says that it has successfully completed the largest-ever live network upgrade in Germany for Telefónica O2 Germany. Under the agreement, Huawei will also deliver an additional 3,000 base stations to O2 in Germany as part of its network expansion. more
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O2 Seeking Review of German Radio Spectrum Allocations
Telefonica O2 Germany has issued a statement welcoming the frequency auction planned by the telecoms regulator, the Federal Network Agency for next year but has also demanded fair access to the important frequencies below one gigahertz for all mobile telecommunications providers. more
Related Tags: o2, federal-network-agency, broadband, gsm1800, bandwidth, radio, Germany
Rubberduck Media Lab Launches Mobile TV Service for O2 Ireland
Norway based Rubberduck Media has that it has launched a mobile TV and video service for Telefonica O2 Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Rubberduck Media Lab is providing a completely outsourced mobile TV service to Telefonica O2 Ireland including content acquisition and provision as well as technical support and management. more
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New CEO Announced for Telefonica O2 Slovakia
Telefonica Europe today announced that Juraj Sedivy is leaving his post as Chief Executive Officer of Telefonica O2 Slovakia. Sedivy will be succeeded next month by John McGuigan, currently the Customer Service General Manager at O2 UK. more
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O2 Germany Offers Demographic Targetting for Mobile Adverts
O2 Germany says that it is expanding its mobile advertising services to enable target group specific placement of advertising messages to boost conversion rates. Based on the anonymised classification into gender, age, residence, fields of interest and type of mobile phone user messages are adapted to target groups to ensure that no one receives unwanted advertisements. As a result, ads are only distributed to customers who have explicitly agreed to receive messages. more
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Charity Text Messages to be Tax Free in the UK
Premium rate text messages sent in the UK as a way of donating to charities will no longer be subjected to a sales tax, under a deal agreed by the Mobile Data Association. The new framework means charities of all sizes will be able to receive an additional 15% (standard rate of VAT) for donations sent via text message. In the past this has only happened for large national charitable events such as Comic Relief. more
Related Tags: mobile-data-association, text-messages, charity, text-message, UK
Ericsson Signs Managed Services Contract with O2 UK
Ericsson and Telefónica O2 UK have signed a multi-year managed services agreement where Ericsson will provide field maintenance and other services for both the 2G and 3G networks. Under the new agreement Ericsson will provide field maintenance services for radio and switch sites, spare parts management logistics support as well as optimisation and drive services and facilities engineering services for Telefónica O2 UK. more
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