Word: telefonica
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...Nokia can expect more of the same rockiness. TIME also contacted major European carriers Vodafone, T-Mobile and Telefonica O2. None were willing to comment on the delicate subject of Nokia's services push. "Clearly, there are tensions. This puts them on a collision course with some their customers," says Ben Wood, a director with London telecom consultancy CCS Insight. But Wood noted that operators should consider what he called a "greater good" scenario in which customers who buy a Nokia phone through the operator might dip more into the operators own service offerings as well...
...Microsoft is already running trials of its enhanced data services in Europe with Vodafone, T-Mobile, Telefonica and Orange. On the hardware front it has announced agreements with "white-label" manufacturers - those that turn out products for branding by other companies - to use Stinger, its smart phone platform. Analysts see this as Microsoft's attempt to offset Nokia's powerful name recognition by allowing telecom operators to place their own brands on phones running Microsoft software...
...sure, Latin America has seen its share of dotcom flameouts and busted deals. Last month Telefonica of Spain withdrew its takeover bid for a Brazilian cellular company, citing financial fallout from the terror attacks against...
...that perky little search engine cum portal Lycos and made it profitable, even as others scrambled for revenues. Lycos beat earnings estimates for 19 consecutive quarters. Last October, as dotcoms melted, Davis pulled off a masterstroke, selling the company to Terra Networks, a subsidiary of the Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, for more than $5 billion, including $2 billion in cash...
Then he quit in February, leaving behind the world's third most popular online network, a behemoth with 98 million registered users in 41 countries and, because of Telefonica's 23 million wireless customers, a guaranteed global reach...