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ESIn the news: Telefónica Digital
What are industry experts, media and commentators saying about Telefonica Digital? We feature select highlights here:
MAY 2013
‘Internet of Things’ helps Telefónica combat digital start-ups (Financial Times)
Op-Ed: Will London Hold Onto Its ‘Top Startup Hub’ Mantle? (Huffington Post UK)
Telefónica + Samsung: Digital Dream Team? (Light Reading)
Telefonica adds Samsung as a Carrier Billing OEM for Apps, Games, Music and More (TechCrunch)
APRIL 2013
Geeksphone Sold Out In A Few Hours, That’s A Good First Step for Firefox OS (Forbes)
Taxpayers oblivious to smart meters as government plans to spend big (Computer Weekly)
How to bridge the gap between mobile advertising and consumer behaviour (Op-Ed in the Guardian)
Smart home vision critical to smart meter success – study (telecompaper.com)
MARCH 2013
O2′s Tu Go aims to challenge Skype and other Voip app (BBC)
Wayra Academy selects 17 new startups for investment (TechCity News)
FEBRUARY 2013
Firefox OS: walled gardens between web and apps to be demolished (Silicon Republic)
Telefonica seeks global tie-ups to bolster mobile audience (MarketingWeek)
Telefonica and FeedHenry partner up on enterprise mobile app development (GigaOM)
Telefonica Digital Acquires Controlling Stake In Brazil’s Axismed, Its First Move Into E-Health Solutions (TechCrunch)
Speaking a foreign language is crucial for UK graduates, says Telefonica Digital (HR Magazine)
JANUARY 2013
Telefonica Digital unveils localized M2M platform (Rethink Wireless)
Telefonica thinks big with Firefox at MWC (Mobile Today)
DECEMBER 2012
Wayra Czechs in to Central Europe (Light Reading)
Telefonica chooses Ericsson OSS and BSS for video platform (Digital TV Europe)
A walled garden approach to the mobile web is stifling innovation (Guest post from Telefonica Digital’s Carlos Domingo for Wired UK)
NOVEMBER 2012
London’s challenge to Silicon Valley held up by startup funding gap (Business Zone)
Telefonica, Mozilla and VCs Still Betting Big on HTML as They Pour $25 Million Into Everything.Me (WSJ)
London tech sector best in Europe for women (London’s Evening Standard)
Telefonica Digital report flags worldwide tech startup opportunities (IT Pro)
London is the world’s seventh most influential startup ecosystem (Wired)
Startup Ecosystems Around the World Fast Challenging Silicon Valley (Financial Post)
TokBox gives WebRTC chat standard a real-world boost (CNET)
Telefonica Digital steps into the cloud to rival Amazon with Instant Servers (The Next Web)
Accelerated living: Catching up with startups at London’s Wayra Academy (The Next Web)
Telefonica Digital aims to use WebRTC to boost ‘cross-platform’ video calling (Telecom TV)
OCTOBER 2012
Telefonica Digital targets big data in Silicon Valley ‘road trip’ (VentureWire)
Telefonica Digital Buys Video Chat Platform TokBox (WSJ’s AllThingsD)
Telefonica breaks cover as first Big Data telco (Eurocomms)
Telefonica Digital acquires Tokbox to bring live video to its telecommunication offerings (The Next Web)
Viewpoint: Matthew Key on ‘Disrupt your model fast before somebody else does it for you’ (The Times)
Telefonica Digital graduate scheme encourages international outlook (Computer Weekly)
Telefonica Digital saves 40% with cloud HR platform (Computer Weekly)
SEPTEMBER 2012
Keep Start-Up Pitches Simple, Stupid (Wall Street Journal)
Spain’s Telefonica staking a claim in Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
A Firefox Smartphone for the Developing World (The New York Times)
Entrepreneurs go down to the Wayra (Irish Times)
Telefonica steps into augmented reality (Financial Times)
Telefonica picks HP’s Aurasma for augmented reality expansion (Reuters)
Why Telefonica is acing it with a new $378m Latam Fund and a growing incubator fund (Tech Crunch)
Telefonica strikes direct-to-bill deals with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM (Finextra)
Why lock your digits to a phone? Telefonica to flog cloudy numbers (The Register)
A Nike Fuelband for your car? Telefonica Digital launches Drive to Improve (The Next Web)
Mozilla Makes a Mobile Web Browser Feel Like a Smartphone (All Things D)
Backers Tout Firefox OS as Open Mobile Option (Wall Street Journal)
Telefonica backs digital VC funds network (Financial Times)
Today’s Investor Tracy Isacke (Vator.tv)
Telefonica launches $378m VC fund focused on Latin America (The Next Web)
Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica step up their start up investment games (GigaOm)
Telefonica: Not Just a Reign in Spain (MotleyFool from the Daily Finance)
Telefonica Digital launches Drive to Improve: A Nike Fuelband for your car (TheNextWeb)
Seeking the new Silicon Valley (Light Reading)
Telefonica’s VC arm heads to new frontiers (Total Telecom)
Telefonica bets on tech with venture capital (Reuters)
AUGUST 2012
Telefonica: Digital Dreamer (Light Reading)
Telefonica backs Firefox Mobile OS as alternative to Android (Mobile News)
Telefonica forms global M2M alliance with six operators (Mobile News)
Technology start-ups become the last refuge of Spanish optimism (Independent Online)
Video: Stephen Shurrock on ‘creating OTT services for the changing needs of customers’ (TelecomTV)
JULY 2012
Nimble start for Telefonica Digital (Financial Times; Note: registered users access only)
Telefonica pins its hopes on being more than mobile (GigaOm)
Telefonica Sees Digital Revenue of 5 Billion Euros by 2015 (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
Telefonica says Digital Division will add EUR5B to annual revenue by 2015 (Wall Street Journal)
Telefonica bangs its digital drum (Light Reading)
Video: Carlos Domingo on ‘Telefonica and the Firefox OS’ (TelecomTV)
Video: Moises Navarro on ‘creating a telco-grade cloud computing solution’ (TelecomTV)
Video: Jamie Finn on ‘how Telefonica harnesses Cloud for OTT services’ (TelecomTV)
JUNE 2012
Telefonica Digital rolls out HR technology to attract staff and drive operational agility (HR Magazine)
MARCH 2012
Telefonica invites UK startups to join accelerator programme Wayra (Wired)
Telefonica invests in mobile payments firm Boku (Reuters)
Boku Rings Up $35 Million in Funding From NEA, Telefonica (WSJ’s AllThingsD)
FEBRUARY 2012
Threatened by startups, telcos try to think like entrepreneurs (GigaOm)
Telefonica: Mozillaphone is ‘ten times cheaper than an iPhone’ (CNet)
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator (The Next Web)
Mozilla, Telefonica Collaborate on Web Phone (PC World)
Telefonica and Mozilla in smartphone deal (Financial Times; Note: registered users access only)
Telefonica, VMware Bringing Dual Persona to Samsung Galaxy S II (eWeek)
Sybase 365 and Telefonica Digital team on mobile wallet (Finextra)
JANUARY 2012
Telefonica to take on Amazon in cloud computing (VentureTech)
Telefonica Digital opts for London’s Regent Street for its global HQ (The Next Web)
Telefonica to offer Sony films on VOD in Latin America (Screen Daily)
O2 launches mobile cloud platform (CloudPro)
Telefonica targets enterprise app space (Mobile Entertainment)
NOVEMBER 2011
Telefonica Invests In Semiconductor Solutions Company Quantenna (TechCrunch)
Quantenna gets funding from Telefonica Digital (Business Journal)
DECEMBER 2011
Video: Matthew Key on the crucial role of the cloud in the business models for service providers (TelecomTV)
Video: Europe Report: Telefonica’s cloud innovations (TelecomTV)