https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain has a law to provide at least one payphone for every 3,000 inhabitants, even though an average of one call a day is made from them. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:39:47 +0200 there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Telecom giant Telefonica and several other Spanish companies were targeted in cyber attacks Friday, the government said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170512/cyber-attack-targets-major-spanish-firms-government Fri, 12 May 2017 18:25:59 +0200 cyber-attack-targets-major-spanish-firms-government Telefonica said on Monday that it had issued bonds worth €2 billion ($2.2 billion), less than two weeks after the debt-burdened Spanish telecoms giant cancelled the listing of its subsidiary Telxius over weak investor demand. https://www.thelocal.es/20161011/telefonica-issues-2-bln-euro-bonds-after-failed-listing Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:51:27 +0200 telefonica-issues-2-bln-euro-bonds-after-failed-listing Spain's Telefonica plans to create a platform for its clients to manage access to their personal data and possibly even block online giants like Google from using the information or make them pay, a spokesman said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160907/telefonica-eyes-slice-of-data-sharing-pie-for-users Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:19:14 +0200 telefonica-eyes-slice-of-data-sharing-pie-for-users Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica on Tuesday announced its chief executive César Alierta, who oversaw its expansion into one of the world's largest telephone companies, will step down after nearly 16 years at the helm. https://www.thelocal.es/20160330/telefonica-chairman-steps-down-after-16-years Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:48:52 +0200 telefonica-chairman-steps-down-after-16-years Spain's Telefonica on Wednesday reported a 34.7 percent plunge in profits to €3.0 billion euros ($3.4 billion) in 2014, citing Venezuela's economic crisis and other exceptional costs. https://www.thelocal.es/20150225/telefonica-profits-plummet-a-third-in-2014 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:36:00 +0100 telefonica-profits-plummet-a-third-in-2014 British telecoms giant BT said on Monday that it was in "preliminary" talks to buy back its former domestic mobile phone division O2 from Spanish peer Telefonica. https://www.thelocal.es/20141124/bt-in-talks-with-telefonica-over-o2-buy-back-telecommunications Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:42:00 +0100 bt-in-talks-with-telefonica-over-o2-buy-back-telecommunications The sale of subsidiaries in Ireland and the Czech Republic sapped Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica's profits in the first nine months of 2014, the company said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141114/telefonica-profits-dip-10-percent Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:50:00 +0100 telefonica-profits-dip-10-percent The EU's anti-trust regulator ordered Madrid on Wednesday to recover tax breaks given to some of Spain's biggest companies to spur foreign acquisitions. https://www.thelocal.es/20141015/eu-tells-spain-take-back-company-tax-breaks Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:05:00 +0200 eu-tells-spain-take-back-company-tax-breaks Spain's telco giant Telefonica is one of three companies awarded new national broadcast licenses for 4G cell phone services in Brazil, that country's regulatory authority has said. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/telefonica-scores-licence-for-4g-rollout-in-brazil-telecommunications-vivo Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:36:00 +0200 telefonica-scores-licence-for-4g-rollout-in-brazil-telecommunications-vivo Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica reported on Thursday a slight rise in net profit in the second quarter, even as volatile Latin American exchange rates continued to batter its business. https://www.thelocal.es/20140801/telefonica-profits-edge-up-despite Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:59:56 +0200 telefonica-profits-edge-up-despite Spain's international telecommunications group Telefonica revealed slumping profits in the third quarter of 2013 on Friday but said underlying revenues were climbing and debt levels had dropped. https://www.thelocal.es/20131108/telefonica-talks-up-position-after-profit-slump Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:02:00 +0100 telefonica-talks-up-position-after-profit-slump Czech financial group PPF is due to take over a majority stake in Telefonica Czech Republic telecom from its indebted Spanish parent, the Czech News Agency (CTK) reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131104/telefonica-loosens-grip-on-czech-holdings Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:38:57 +0100 telefonica-loosens-grip-on-czech-holdings Heavily indebted Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica said Tuesday it is holding talks on the sale of the majority stake of its Czech unit with Czech investment group PPS. https://www.thelocal.es/20131015/telefonica-set-to-shed-czech-holdings Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:13:00 +0200 telefonica-set-to-shed-czech-holdings Spain's Telefonica has reached a deal to raise its stake in the shareholding pact that controls Telecom Italia, increasing its hold on the beleaguered Italian phone company. https://www.thelocal.es/20130924/spains-telefonica-tightens-grip-on-telecom-italia Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:36:00 +0200 spains-telefonica-tightens-grip-on-telecom-italia Spanish giant Telefónica said on Monday it had secured critical support in a sweetened takeover bid worth €8.55 billion or $11.4 billion for German mobile operator E-Plus. https://www.thelocal.es/20130826/telefonica-wins-support-for-giant-german-takeover Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:51:00 +0200 telefonica-wins-support-for-giant-german-takeover Spanish telecom group Telefonica reported a sharp fall in net profit for the second quarter on Thursday but did better than expected with a strong performance in Latin America. https://www.thelocal.es/20130725/latin-market-shines-for-struggling-telefonica Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:09:47 +0200 latin-market-shines-for-struggling-telefonica Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica is set to become Germany's largest mobile communications provider in terms of subscriber numbers after snapping up Dutch telco KPN's E-Plus in a tasty deal. https://www.thelocal.es/20130723/telefonica-muscles-in-on-german-mobile-market Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:35:19 +0200 telefonica-muscles-in-on-german-mobile-market Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica said on Monday it will sell its Irish subsidiary to Hong Kong group Hutchison Whampoa for €850 million ($1.1 billion) in an effort to lower its debt. https://www.thelocal.es/20130624/spanish-telco-giant-flogs-off-irish-assets Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:04:00 +0200 spanish-telco-giant-flogs-off-irish-assets The holiday island of Formentera, just 6 kilometres off the coast of Ibiza, was plunged into technological darkness after a luxury yacht snapped a vital submarine cable on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130618/yacht-accident-ships-spanish-isle-into-dark-ages Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:00 +0200 yacht-accident-ships-spanish-isle-into-dark-ages