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Telefónica: application period for voluntary redundancy under Movistar+ redundancy plan begins today and runs until 6 February

Link Securities | The telecommunications company has opened the application period for voluntary redundancy under the redundancy plan (ERE) it has launched at Movistar+, which affects 175 employees, from today, Wednesday, until 6 February, in accordance with the schedule agreed with the trade unions. The figure is significantly lower than the 279 redundancies initially proposed by Telefónica, which represented around 32% of the workforce, comprising some 860 employees.


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Telefónica Deutschland begins internal process to become an ‘AI First’ company

Link Securities | Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Telefónica Germany, a subsidiary of Telefónica (TEF), has embarked on an internal strategic transformation process with the aim of becoming an AI First company, according to the newspaper elEconomista. This new slogan, which places artificial intelligence (AI) at the centre of the telecommunications company’s future technological developments, will shape the German subsidiary’s destiny in its search for efficiencies and new sources of revenue over…


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Telefónica: €454,000 per employee provisioned cost for redundancies, €2.5 billion total

Renta 4 | TELEFÓNICA. Signing of the redundancy plan in Spain 1. As expected, Telefónica signed the agreement on the redundancy plan in Spain with the main trade unions yesterday and has signed collective agreements with the seven subsidiaries in Spain until the end of 2030. 2. Redundancy plans have been agreed for 5,500 employees. The conditions of participation will be established in each of the plans. 3. The current…


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Telefónica reduces impact of redundancy plan by additional 5%

Alphavalue/Divacons | On Tuesday, the Spanish telecommunications company communicated its final proposal for the redundancy plan affecting Telefónica Global Solutions, Telefónica Innovación Digital and Telefónica S.A. to the UGT and CCOO trade unions. In this final offer, the operator has proposed reducing the impact of the collective redundancy by an additional 5%, bringing the total adjustment to 20% in these three subsidiaries. This measure represents a decrease in the number…


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CNMC considering liberalising access to telephone, audiovisual and radio network, benefiting Cellnex and Telefónica

Banc Sabadell | The Spanish Compeition Authority (CNMC) is reportedly considering liberalising access to the physical infrastructure (ducts) of the telephone network and to the audiovisual and radio signal transport network. The former could benefit Telefónica (TEF) in a residual manner (the rental of ducts to other operators accounts for approximately €70 million in revenue, or approximately 0.2% of the group’s revenue), and the latter could benefit Cellnex (CLNX) (the…


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Unions reject Telefónica’s initial proposal for 5,040 redundancies affecting three main companies in redundancy plan

Alphavalue / Divacons | Trade unions have rejected Telefónica’s initial proposal for the redundancy plan it wants to implement in its subsidiaries Telefónica de España, Móviles and Soluciones. The proposal covers 5,040 redundancies out of the 6,088 proposed in the Spanish telecommunications company’s overall restructuring plan. The Sumados-Fetico trade union group has stated that ‘it will not be part of the agreement, as it does not meet the conditions for…


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Telefónica to provision compensation -potentially €2 billion- for redundancy plan in Q4 2025

Bankinter | Telefónica has proposed a redundancy plan for 5,319 employees of Telefónica España (3,649 people; 41% of the total), Telefónica Móviles (1,124; 31%), Telefónica Soluciones (267; 24%) and Movistar+ (279; 32%). It could still announce further redundancies in the three remaining companies in Spain (Telefónica Global Solutions, Telefónica Innovación Digital and Telefónica S.A.), which could bring the total to 6,000 employees. The actual departures will take place from 2026…


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Telefónica pays €1.464 billion for rights to Champions and Europa Leagues for four seasons

Renta 4 | Telefónica (TEF) acquires exclusive rights to the Champions League and Europa League for four seasons. Telefónica has been awarded exclusive broadcasting rights for the Champions League, Europa League, Youth League and Conference League for the 2027/28, 2028/29, 2029/30 and 2030/31 seasons. This award is subject to the formalisation of a contract with UEFA, which is expected to be finalised shortly. The price amounts to €1.464 billion or…


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Colombian competition authority authorises sale of Telefónica’s subsidiary to Millicom

Norbolsa | Colombia’s competition regulator has approved the merger of Movistar and Tigo (a subsidiary of Millicom), but with conditions and possible penalties in the event of non-compliance, in order to facilitate the sale of Telefónica Colombia’s shares to Millicom. Following this operation, the sale of the Colombian government’s shares to Millicom and EPM’s shares to Tigo remains pending, in order to finalise Telefónica’s exit from the country as part…


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Telefónica meets with unions on Monday after announcing seven redundancy plans as part of cost-cutting plan

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | As we highlighted on Friday, the newspaper Expansión reported that Telefónica (TEF) will submit no fewer than seven redundancy plans (EREs) as part of its cost-cutting plan. It should be noted that the company plans to meet with trade unions on Monday to discuss these issues. We will be monitoring any developments. Telefónica shares rose 0.46% on Friday. Telefónica: Buy, Target Price €5.30/share.