News: Telefonica SA (TEFOF.PK)

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

UPDATE 1-Telefonica revenues drop in Q1, debt rises

* Net profit up 21 percent to 902 mln euros (Adds details on debt, European peers)

Telefonica reports drop in Q1 revenues, debt rises

MADRID, May 8 - Telefonica, Europe's largest telecoms provider by revenue, reported a 9 percent drop year-on-year in first quarter revenues to 14.1 billion euros ($18.5 billion) on Wednesday, in line with analyst expectations.