西班牙電信

Telefónica的通過購買當地的電信公司及合作的方式實現其全球化的擴張，其中包括了歐洲的捷克共和國、英國、愛爾蘭、德國和馬恩島；拉丁美洲的阿根廷、巴西、智利、佩魯和波多黎各；還有非洲的摩洛哥。

該企業品牌在世界品牌實驗室（World Brand Lab）編製的2006年度《世界品牌500強》排行榜中名列第三百九十八，在《巴倫周刊》公布的2006年度全球100家大公司受尊重度排行榜中名列第八十五。

在2009年度《財富》雜誌公布的數據中，營業收入848.15億美元，世界五百強企業排名六十六位。

Telefónica S.A. NYSE: TEF TYO: 9481 is a Spanish telecommunications company. Operating mainly in Spain and Latin America it is one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies in the world， 4th in terms of number of clients and 6th in total market value.

Key operations

西班牙電信公司業務遍及歐洲、非洲、美洲的23個國家，海外業務已超過集團業務總額的62%，員工23.3萬人。2006年西班牙電信公司營業額為529.01億歐元，增長40%；2007年上半年營業額為278.26億歐元，凈利潤為38.30億歐元。

在西班牙，西班牙電信公司擁有4521.6萬個用戶，其中1591萬固定電話用戶、2210萬行動電話用戶、505萬網際網路用戶、45萬收費電視用戶。

在歐洲，西班牙電信公司以O2品牌在英國、德國、愛爾蘭、捷克、斯洛伐克等國開展固定電話、行動電話和寬頻業務，用戶4000多萬。

在拉美，西班牙電信公司在15年中總投資已超過700億歐元，是拉美地區最大的電信運營商，其中在巴西、阿根廷、智利、秘魯擁有領導地位，在哥倫比亞、厄瓜多、薩爾瓦多、瓜地馬拉、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、巴拿馬、波多黎各、烏拉圭、委內瑞拉等國市場份額也很大。目前西班牙電信公司在拉美共有2400萬固定電話用戶、440萬寬頻用戶、9000多萬行動電話用戶。

此外，西班牙電信公司在摩洛哥也提供通訊服務，並擁有中國網通5%的股份。

西班牙電信公司總裁為塞薩爾·阿利艾爾塔（César Alierta）。

2020年5月，2020福布斯全球企業2000強榜，西班牙電信排名第265位。

獲得榮譽2020年12月17日。榮登2020世界品牌500強榜單，排名第447位。

2021年，位居2021福布斯全球企業2000強榜單中第234位。

日前，西班牙電信（Telefonica）宣布，通過哥倫比亞子公司合併，它較原先預期更多地削減了債務。

今年早些時候西班牙電信宣布，將其全資移動子公司及持股52%的固網子公司哥倫比亞電信合併。哥倫比亞政府持有哥倫比亞電信其餘的42%股份。

西班牙電信目前擁有合併后公司70%股份，哥倫比亞政府擁有其餘30%，並且西班牙電信須承擔原哥倫比亞電信48%的養老基金支付義務。

此前預計因此次合併西班牙電信的債務將減少13億歐元（約合16.38億美元），但該公司現已確認，最終將減少14.5億歐元（18.27億美元）的債務。

截至2012年3月底，西班牙電信的債務總額為591億歐元（744.6億美元）。

2021年6月14日，西班牙電信與諾基亞、愛立信簽署西班牙5G合同。

Spain

Telefónica is the largest corporation in Spain. It owns Telefónica de España which is the largest fixed phone and ADSL operator in Spain, Telefónica Moviles the largest mobile phone operator in Spain (under the movistar brand), Terra Networks, S.A. an internet subsidiary and Telefónica Publicidad e Información publisher of the Spanish Yellow Pages.

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Czech Republic

In 2005, Telefónica bought Český Telecom, the former state-owned Czech phone operator which still dominates the Czech fixed-line market. As part of this deal Telefónica also gained Eurotel, the largest mobile phone operator in the Czech Republic.

United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Isle of Man

On 26th January 2006 Telefónica completed it's £17,7 billion (?25,7 billion) acquisition of the UK-based operator O2 which provides mobile phone services in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Isle of Man (where it also operates a small number of fixed-line services). As part of the takeover deal these services will continue to use the O2 brand and be based in the UK.

Latin America

Telefónica operates the movistar mobile phone brand throughout Latin America. In Mexico it is the second largest mobile phone operator and the largest in both Chile and Peru. See movistar article for complete country list.

Argentina

Telefónica owns Telefónica de Argentina [1] which is the largest fixed-line operation in the country. It provides broadband, local and long distance telephone services in southern part of the country as well as the Great Buenos Aires area. The Telefónica Group has been in the country since 1990. The mobile business is run by Telefónica Móviles through movistar, a local subsidiary.

Brazil

Telefónica's largest fixed-line operation in Latin America is in Brazil where it provides broadband, local and long distance telephone services in the São Paulo state. It also jointly owns the Brazilian wireless operator Vivo with Portugal Telecom. The Telefónica Group has been in the country since 1996 when it acquired CRT, a fixed-line and mobile operator in the southern part of the country. The landline division is currently part of Brasil Telecom.

Chile

In Chile Telefónica owns CTC (Compañia de Telefonos de Chile) which is the biggest fixed-line operator and internet service provider in the country. The Telefónica Group has been in the country since 1989. The mobile business is run by Telefónica Móviles through a local subsidiary.

Peru

The Telefónica Group has been in the country since 1994 and owns the largest fixed-line operator in the country. The local subsidiary offers local, long distance and broadband services nationwide. The mobile business is run by Telefónica Móviles through a local subsidiary.

Puerto Rico

Telefonica de Puerto Rico is situated in one of Puerto Rico's most famous buildings (coloured in yellow in accordance with the yellow pages' colour), in Caparra, a section of San Juan. Telefonica de Puerto Rico survived a 2003 workers' strike.

Africa

Morocco

Telefonica also has a stake in the Morocco operator, Méditel.

Ownership

Telefónica is a publicly owned company. It is estimated that a large part of its stock is owned by capital investment funds. Major stockholders include:

JPMorgan Chase: 10.02%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA): 5.62%

Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona ("La Caixa"): 5.37%

Citibank: 4.66%

Capital Group: 3.60%