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Telefónica Spain begins the sale of APIs to adjust the functions of the networks

In the coming days, before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Telefónica Spain will launch the sale of the first standard APIs, small programs that activate network functions. These APIs will allow developers of all types of digital services to have software tools so that they can adjust the functions of mobile networks to their particular needs and can represent a new source of income for telecoms .

In the coming days, Telefónica will begin marketing in Spain its API services (small software programs that activate functions in telecom networks), to allow companies that are developing applications and services

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Ulrich Siegmund: The AfD's TikTok poster boy

Ulrich Siegmund is a state politician, one of two AfD faction leaders in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. And thus one of many politicians in Germany who do not play a prominent role at the federal level. One might think.

Since last week, Ulrich Siegmund’s nationwide popularity has probably increased considerably. At the end of November, he took part in a meeting with right-wing extremists in a hotel near Potsdam, which the research center Correctiv reported on and which has since made headlines across the country. According to the report, the possibility of mass expulsion of people from Germany was discussed during the meeting; the former head of the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement in Austria, Martin Sellner, is said to have presented relevant ideas there. According to Correctiv, it was also about collecting donations.

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The appetite for higher speeds in 'teleco' networks is beginning to see its end

In the coming years, the slowdown in demand for higher speeds in homes in developed countries will lead telecom companies to refocus their marketing towards greater quality and reliability of connections, content and coverage inside homes.

The increase in demand for speed in telecommunications networks may be about to slow down in developed countries, according to the TMT Predictions 2024 report by consulting firm Deloitte for the telecommunications business. The argument

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Telefónica guarantees LaLiga until 2027

The broadcast of five First Division matches per day for the paid residential market in Spain has been awarded for an amount of 1,290 million euros.

Telefónica and LaLiga end the conflict with the National Competition Markets Commission (CNMC). The regulator prohibited the operator from signing audiovisual contracts for sports rights for periods of more than three years as part of the restrictions imposed on the purchase of Canal+ in 2015 to avoid a dominant position for the telecom in the market. A limitation that collided with the contest that closed LaLiga in 2022 for five seasons with DAZN and Telefónica, which could not sign the contract for the full cycle as the streaming platform did and had to limit it to two and a half years.

Thus, the other two and a half years remained pending, which Telefónica managed to win yesterday after the tender that the employers’ association took out at Christmas. Specifically, it is done with the exclusive and paid broadcast in Spain of half (five) of the matches per day of LaLiga EA Sports (First Division) for the 2024/25 seasons (from January 20, 2025) by 250 million and for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 editions for 520 million each, as reported by the operator to the National Securities Market Commission.

The total cost therefore amounts to 1,290 million euros, which, according to LaLiga, “maintains the amount per season reached in the award made in December 2021 to the same operators at that time”, when it defends that it exceeded the value of the tender carried out four years earlier.

Legal security

The Spanish professional football manager adds that it has “promoted this award in the face of the legal uncertainty that could arise from Telefónica’s commitments in the Digital+ merger” and expresses its “satisfaction with this new award, taking into account the complexity of the current football market. audiovisual rights at the national and international level”. “It manages to maintain the disruptive configuration resulting from the latest awards in the domestic market that has led to better distribution of content and thus facilitating greater access to football by fans.”

With the broadcast of half of the league matchdays in Primera (the other half correspond to DAZN, which is not affected at all by the process closed yesterday), Telefónica will be able to select first choice in 18 matchdays and second choice in 17 matchdays of each season (or the corresponding proportion in the 2024/2025 season), including El Clásico of the second round (lot 1). Likewise, it has obtained the exclusive of one matchday in the 2024-25 season and three matchdays in the remaining ones, which contain ten matches each and will include matches between Real Madrid, Barça and Atlético de Madrid in which they face the best classified from the previous campaign (lot 3).

Telefónica assured yesterday that this formula “consolidates” its football offer and that Movistar Plus+ customers “will continue to enjoy” 100% of League matches as well as UEFA competitions until 2027.

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Collaboration agreement between Indra and the American giant Lockheed Martin

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Seidor acquires Gesein to grow in the public sector and takes on 350 employees

Josep Benito, CEO of Seidor. EXPANSION

The general director of Gesein, Santiago Aranda, will be the head of Seidor’s public sector division in Madrid.

Seidor wants to become the first Spanish technology consultancy with private capital, for which it has set the challenge of reaching sales of 1,000 million euros in 2025 . With that objective, and aware of the opportunities that exist in e

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Zegona notifies the CNMC of the purchase agreement for Vodafone's business in Spain

The British fund Zegona has notified the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) of the acquisition of 100% of Vodafone’s business in Spain , an operation valued at 5,000 million euros and which was already announced by both companies at the end of the last October.

With the notification of the operation (which occurred on January 16), the first phase of its study begins, in which the CNMC has one month to make a ruling. If a more in-depth analysis is required, the purchase would move to the second phase, the duration of which could range between three and four months.

“The sale of Vodafone Spain is a key step to size our portfolio for growth and will allow us to focus our resources on markets with sustainable structures and sufficient local scale,” said Vodafone CEO Margherita Della Valle on October 31.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to return to the Spanish telecommunications market. This attractive acquisition represents our third operation in Spain, after the success of Telecable and Euskaltel. With our clearly defined strategy and our proven track record, we are confident of creating significant value for shareholders,” Zegona’s president and CEO, Eamonn O’Hare, also highlighted at the end of October.

The terms of the agreement include, among other elements, that Vodafone will provide certain services to Vodafone Spain for a total annual cost of approximately €110 million.

It also includes that Vodafone will offer Zegona a licensing agreement that will allow it to use the Vodafone brand in Spain “for a period of up to 10 years.”

Closing of the transaction, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to take place in the first half of this year.

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Apple Pay: Apple wants to allow payment services from other providers in the future

In the dispute with the EU Commission over alleged abuse of power, Apple has made new concessions to other developers of mobile wallets and payment services. The group guaranteed direct access to the NFC chip on its devices for contactless payments, according to a statement from the EU Commission. The promises offered will now be monitored by trustees and will be valid for ten years.

Previously, access to the NFC chip was only possible via Apple Pay. The EU saw this as a possible antitrust violation and initiated investigations. Apple is threatened with a high competition fine from the EU.

The European Union’s competition watchdogs have now called on the company’s competitors and other affected parties to provide feedback. They announced that they would submit the proposal to all those involved for consideration.

Banks only got NFC radio chips through Apple

The Commission’s accusation is specifically about Apple specifically hindering competition in the area of mobile payments. If banks want to use their cards for contactless payments, this has so far only been possible via Apple Pay and Apple’s in-house mobile wallet Wallet.

Banks have long criticized this system and stated that they could not get past Apple to provide the NFC chips necessary for mobile payments. These make paying from the phone possible. Apple explained its approach, among other things, with security concerns.

The EU Commission had already initiated a competition investigation into Apple’s blocking of chips in 2020. In 2022, the Brussels competition authority officially accused the company of antitrust violations.

In the dispute with the EU Commission over alleged abuse of power, Apple has made new concessions to other developers of mobile wallets and payment services. The group guaranteed direct access to the NFC chip on its devices for contactless payments, according to a statement from the EU Commission. The promises offered will now be monitored by trustees and will be valid for ten years.

Previously, access to the NFC chip was only possible via Apple Pay. The EU saw this as a possible antitrust violation and initiated investigations. Apple is threatened with a high competition fine from the EU.

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Computer viruses: A man is playing with hell

A long time ago, when he was 15 years old, Thomas Sperl created his first masterpiece, a Trojan generator, a kind of construction kit for computer viruses . He offered it for free download on his website. Anyone who wanted could use it to create a computer virus and distribute it via email. The Trojan deleted the hard drive on its victims’ computers forever. He doesn’t know how many Trojans his generator has birthed – he hardly follows what his ideas are doing in the world. He also programmed other projects with theoretically much more destructive potential.

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Orange and MásMóvil finalize an agreement with the EC to approve the merger

The merger may be close. DREAMSTIME EXPANSION

According to sources familiar with the situation, Orange and MásMóvil are about to obtain conditional approval from the EU for their merger.

French telecommunications group Orange and its rival MásMóvil are about to obtain conditional approval from the EU for their merger in Spain , according to sources close to the operation. The agreement of the promoters of the merger will be conditional

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