World & Nation
Spain’s state-owned telephone monopoly has just discovered what phone companies in the United States and Britain have known for years: sex sells.
Oct. 11, 1992
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica plans to issue $20 billion of new stock to take full control of four big Latin American units and expand its conquest of one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.
Jan. 15, 2000
Besieged Telefonica Chairman Juan Villalonga stepped down Wednesday as head of the Spanish company he transformed from a sleepy state telephone monopoly into a multinational powerhouse.
July 27, 2000
ACT Networks, a Camarillo company, has reached a supply agreement with Telefonica Sistemas de Satelites to cover the countries of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil.
Dec. 24, 1996
Business
The $31.4-billion deal will help the Spanish telecom giant expand in Britain and Germany.
Nov. 1, 2005
Technology and the Internet
Telefonica, Spain’s largest telecommunications company, said it’s close to buying some ofMotorola Inc.’
Oct. 5, 2000
BellSouth Corp. agreed to sell its stake in 10 Latin American operations to a wireless unit of Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica for about $4.2 billion in cash and the assumption of $1.5 billion in debt.
March 9, 2004
IBM Unit, Spanish Firm to Sign Pact: Telefonica de Espana and IBM Espana said they will sign an agreement designed to sell IBM personal computers and Telefonica’s online service.
May 23, 1996
Telecom: The deal with Telefonica, a blow to AT&T;, would target top multinational concerns rather than consumers.
April 19, 1997
Merger talks between KPN Telecom and Spain’s Telefonica collapsed, but the Dutch carrier is poised to strike a rival deal with Japanese cell phone giant NTT DoCoMo, sources said.
May 6, 2000