José María Álvarez-Pallete (pictured) called for "progress in the deregulation of the telecoms sector and the establishment of new rules for the digital world".

The operator is hoping to attract investors to share the cost of FTTH to underserved areas.

The 100Gbps passive optical network (PON) will underpin cable and fibre broadband connections from 2030.

Average spending by consumers and prices are much higher in the US and Japan than in Europe's "stretched" telecoms sector.

Telefonica UK and NEC Corporation completed a successful trial on O2’s network with NEC's ecosystem of partners.

CEO Kirby announces new strategy and purpose, intending to raise more revenue from better customer experience and reducing costs.

A new research report find that the same percentage still rely heavily on stores and call centres for revenues.

France's largest operator cites "divergence in deployment strategy" as the reason.

A Spanish newspaper reports that talks have intensified in recent weeks but no agreement has been reached.

The two are exploring a new clear-channel interface to scale up the capacity of Elisa’s network.

The Swedish vendor says it promises customised 5G services with guaranteed performance parameters.

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is trying out options to replace its heavy dependence on Huawei kit.

The operator and IBM have announced Cloud Garden 2.0, the next phase of Telefonica’s cloud services platform designed to modernise applications.

The agreement is part of the Shared Rural Network project and scheduled to begin this year and go through to 2024.