News: Telefonica SA (TEF.MC)

Telefonica, Vodafone hit by defections in tight Spanish market

MADRID, May 21 - More than half a million Spaniards switched mobile phone operator in March to take advantage of the cheap deals on offer from competitors, with the market's main players Telefonica and Vodafone the biggest losers.

New Issue-Telefonica prices 750 mln euro 2019 bond

Underlying govt bond Over Mid-swaps, equivalent to 221.6

Spain's Telefonica opens books on bond

MADRID, May 14 - Telefonica, Europe's biggest telecoms provider by revenue, opened books on a six-year euro-denominated benchmark bond on Tuesday, IFR Markets, a Thomson Reuters news and markets analysis service, reported.

Orange beats Yoigo in race to launch 4G in Spain

MADRID, May 10 - France Telecom's Orange will launch superfast mobile Internet in Spain on July 8 in six cities, making it the first to make 4G services widely available in the country and beating rival Yoigo by a matter of days.

European telco revenues drop as price wars heat up

FRANKFURT/MADRID - Three of Europe's biggest telecom operators reported lower revenues on Wednesday, blaming the weak European economy and stiff regulation while seeing some bright spots in markets abroad.

WRAPUP 2-European telco revenues drop as price wars heat up

* D.Telekom, Telefonica, T.Italia report lower Q1 revenues

Telefonica says will not sell Colombia business

MADRID - Spanish telecoms company Telefonica said on Wednesday it would not sell its unit in Colombia and was beginning talks with the Colombian government, also a shareholder, to find ways to capitalize the business and increase liquidity.

European telco revenues drop as price wars heat up

FRANKFURT/MADRID - Two of Europe's biggest telecom operators reported lower revenues on Wednesday, blaming the weak European economy and stiff regulation while seeing some bright spots in markets abroad.

WRAPUP 1-European telco revenues drop as price wars heat up