Politics & Society

Corporate Responsibility:

Responsibility in the digital transformation

Telefónica Deutschland plays an active role in shaping the digital change. In doing so, we are committed to responsible digitalisation that benefits everyone. With our corporate responsibility strategy we keep a close eye on the impact on people and the environment in all our business activities. Learn more about us

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Diversity and democracy:

We connect people

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At O₂ Telefónica, we stand for diversity and connection. A clear stance against hatred, division and exclusion is therefore an integral part of our self-image. As part of an international group and with employees from over 70 different nationalities, as well as a variety of cultures and generations, o2 Telefónica creates an international and diverse environment for talent. Our customers and partners enrich us through their diversity. For us at O₂ Telefónica, it is non-negotiable that these people and companies are and remain an integral part of Germany. We are convinced that diverse opinions, perspectives and abilities lead to better results and stronger innovation and are therefore in the best interest of entrepreneurial activity. Diversity strengthens our democracy by promoting a variety of opinions, ideas and solutions. Democracy is the foundation of a strong economy. The basis of our success as a business location in Germany is our strong liberal-democratic basic order.

Capital Representation:

Political representation of interests

We at Telefónica Deutschland are in regular contact with representatives from politics, administration, business and associations and actively participate in current debates on digital politics in Germany and Europe. O₂ Telefónica has committed itself to transparent representation of interests and is entered in the lobby register of the German Bundestag.

O₂ Telefónica in Berlin

Our representative office in the German capital and the BASECAMP are contact points for the political network of O₂ Telefónica in Berlin and platforms for political and social discourse. Our O₂ network enables many people in Germany to participate in digitization. The private-sector expansion and operation of digital infrastructures is of particular importance for politics and the state. This results in a regular need for exchange between O₂ Telefónica and politics.

Events in Berlin

We enable the political environment in Berlin to have spaces for discussion and an active exchange of views on digital politics through our regular hybrid events. These include the public formats of the BASECAMP on site as well as digitally in the BASECAMP ON AIR and the events in the Digital Lounge that take place by personal invitation.

Contact & Associations

With our representative office in the German capital, we are in the immediate vicinity of all important contact persons of our company in Berlin. The office serves as a contact point for politics, business and associations. You can reach the team of the capital representative office at telefonica-politik@telefonica.com. O₂ Telefónica is a member of the associations BITKOM, VATM, eco, D21, BVDW, BDI & FSM, among others.

Dialogue platform and debate room:

BASECAMP in Berlin

Discuss, participate, discover

The BASECAMP is O₂ Telefónica's platform for digital thinking and doing. As a debate space, café and venue for unique events, it is also the platform for the digital community in the heart of Berlin: technologies, trends and developments are discussed that drive the digital transformation of our society and determine our future. As a knowledge hub, hybrid event space and important meeting place for the digital community, digital experts from politics, business, science and the media come together at the BASECAMP for exchange and discussion. To the BASECAMP website

BASECAMP Event Series

BASECAMP_Debate

Things are heating up at the BASECAMP_Debates. On the BASECAMP stage, we discuss and debate with experts from politics, business and science. Opinion leaders come together to shed light on the social and political effects of digitalisation, to analyse and sometimes also to polarise. As always, our guests will also have their say.

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UdL Digital Talk

Since 2010, top-class politicians and opinion leaders have been meeting at the UdL Digital Talk to discuss current topics in German and European digital politics. Among the guests of the political talk show at BASECAMP were Robert Habeck, Marco Buschmann, Volker Wissing, Hubertus Heil, Christian Lindner, Michael Kretschmer, Ursula von der Leyen and other well-known politicians. The presenter is TV journalist Cherno Jobatey.

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Data Debates

Together with the Tagesspiegel | Tagesspiegel Data Debates is the debate forum on digital topics in the capital. High-ranking guests from politics, business, science, religion and culture regularly debate digitization and the potential of the new wealth of data as well as the requirements for data protection and the effects of digitization on society at the Tagesspiegel Data Debates.

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„Nachgefragt!”

Current, dynamic, to the point. This is “Nachgefragt!”. We invite personalities from politics, business and the media to BASECAMP for a word. In 30 minutes we ask the most important questions on current topics and clarify them.

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Kitchen Talk

The best conversations always take place at the kitchen table. That's why we brought exactly this one to the middle of the BASECAMP. Experts discuss the most important topics of digitization at our kitchen table with a checkered tablecloth, pretzels and the obligatory sunflowers. A seat is also free for spontaneous guests from the audience.

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FishBowl

Whether "Agile in a glass", "5G in a glass", "Mobile in a glass" or "Surprise in a glass" - our FishBowl format has workshop character and is our colorful, interactive format in BASECAMP. In addition to our experts, there is always a free guest chair on which changing guests from the audience can sit and join in the discussion.

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BASECAMP Trend2Go!

Nothing less than our future is at stake! We dare to think outside the box and invite personalities from politics, business and society to talk about innovations and trends. All of this packed into 30 to 45 minutes at the end of the day.

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