Press Releases Telefónica Germany

05. März 2025

O2 Telefónica selects Amazon Web Services for its cloud-native IMS voice and 5G core networks

At Mobile World Congress, O2 Telefonica in Germany announced that they have selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN) as cloud provider for network workloads.
04. März 2025

O2 Telefónica Germany and Google Cloud Partner to Move 5G Functions to the Cloud with Nokia

Collaboration harnesses Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for resilient, high-performance, cloud-native 5G deployment of Nokia’s Policy Controller Functions, ushering in a new era of customer experience.
03. März 2025

New network architecture with a world premiere in Offenbach, Germany:

O2 Telefónica deploys first Ericsson Cloud RAN in a 5G standalone network

Together with Ericsson, O2 Telefónica wants to actively promote the development of open and interoperable mobile networks.
27. Februar 2025

Annual results 2024:

Successful strategy execution driving operating results growth at O2 Telefónica

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica closed the 2024 financial year with a strong operating result (EBITDA) and continued dynamic customer growth. With 824,000 net new contract connections in the reporting period, the company grew faster than the market.
24. Februar 2025

Stability at the top:

Supervisory Board extends Markus Haas' contract as CEO of O2 Telefónica until the end of 2028

The Supervisory Board of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG has extended the contract of CEO Markus Haas (52) for a further three years from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
15. Januar 2025

5G Autobahn to Autoroute:

First cross-border 5G highway corridor between France and Germany to enable innovative driving functions

A German-French consortium establishes a 5G highway corridor to achieve gigabit-speed connectivity on the road. Tower companies (TowerCos) Vantage Towers and TOTEM, mobile network operators O2 Telefónica and Orange, as well as the University of Applied Sciences Saarland (htw saar) have entered into a pioneering cooperation.
28. November 2024

Kick-off into the quantum age:

O2 Telefónica enhances mobile network efficiency and security with quantum technologies on AWS

O2 Telefónica is integrating quantum technologies into its mobile network to improve performance and explore new data security standards. As the digital landscape evolves, quantum technologies are providing new methods to solve complex computational problems that are difficult for classical systems to solve, while also enabling quantum-resistant encryption.
28. November 2024

New core network launched:

5G Cloud Core from O2 Telefónica reaches one million users

O2 Telefónica has achieved a breakthrough in the telecommunications industry: just six months after the launch of the innovative 5G Cloud Core, one million customers in Germany can already use the advanced, cloud-based core network for mobile surfing and telephony.
14. November 2024

Greater flexibility through the decoupling of soft- and hardware:

O2 Telefónica modernizes transport network at the push of a button

O2 Telefónica is creating greater flexibility in its own transport network with the so-called “whiteboxing” approach. With this new concept, the telecommunications provider ensures that the software and hardware of the numerous switching centers in the transport network – so-called IP routers – are decoupled from each other. This enables the company to remotely install vendor-independent software updates on the existing routers.
07. November 2024

Quarterly results:

Strong customer growth drives O2 Telefónica’s profitability in the third quarter

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica accelerated its growth in mobile postpaid customers and further increased its profitability in the third quarter of 2024.
05. November 2024

Supervisory Board decision:

CTIO Mallik Rao also responsible for the business customer division as well as “Data Platforms and Central AI” at O2 Telefónica

Mallik Rao from 5 November 2024 “Chief Technology & Enterprise Officer” of O2 Telefónica with a contract term until 4 November 2028
17. Oktober 2024

New mobile tariffs:

O2 underpins value-for-money leadership in the German market

O2 Telefónica introduces new contract tariffs for its core brand O2. The O2 Mobile tariff portfolio will be simplified and underpins O2's claim to be the value-for-money leader in the German market. On 6 November 2024, O2's new mobile contract tariffs will be launched across all sales channels.
10. Oktober 2024

Five facts on the 5G anniversary of O2 Telefónica:

“The 5G decade is picking up speed”

For a year now, O2 Telefónica has been offering the real 5G, also known as 5G-Standalone (5G SA) or “5G Plus”, across its entire 5G network. The rollout of the 5G network began in October 2020. Just three years later, the telecommunications provider opened access to 5G Standalone for its customers.
02. Oktober 2024

Bundling of 5G frequencies:

O2 Telefónica achieves speeds of 1.7 Gbit/s with 5G standalone

O2 Telefónica has reached a milestone in the further development of 5G. By bundling four frequency bands in 5G standalone mode, the company achieved peak download speeds of more than 1.7 gigabits per second. For comparison: that is almost twice as fast as the most powerful commercial fiber-optic connections currently available.
30. September 2024

Ten years after the merger of O2 Telefónica and E-Plus:

Outstanding network and attractive prices – Merger serves customers

Strong networks, low prices, high variety: Ten years after the merger of O2 Telefónica and E-Plus on October 1, 2014, the range of services for mobile phone users in Germany has improved significantly.
25. September 2024

New addition to the mobile network:

O2 Telefónica is expanding its partner business in Germany with Lyca Mobile

O2 Telefónica welcomes Lyca Mobile Germany as it’s newest partner on its mobile network. This further strengthens the company's position in the wholesale segment. Effective immediately, Lyca Mobile, one of the world's leading international mobile virtual network operators (MVNO), will offer its customers in Germany with mobile services via the high-performance network infrastructure of O2 Telefónica.
05. September 2024

IT-Security:

O2 Telefónica and Netskope cooperate on security solutions for cloud use

Cloud services are a key tool for the digital transformation of business processes. The business customer brand o2 Business of the telecommunications company o2 Telefónica and Netskope, a leading provider of security service edge (SSE) technologies, will be working together in future. The partners offer companies in Germany a customisable security solution for cloud services.
20. August 2024

simyo is back:

mobilezone launches new postpaid tariff offer

O2 Telefónica Deutschland and mobilezone have entered into a strategic partnership to reactivate the brand. With immediate effect, mobilezone will market postpaid tariffs at a very competitive price level under the well-known discount brand.
06. August 2024

New services:

ERGO, O2 Telefónica and Telefónica Insurance launch embedded insurance product throughout Germany

O2’s private customers will now be able to book supplementary insurance using “O2 Care”. The first instalment, “O2 Care | Mobility”, launches on 7 August.
31. Juli 2024

Quarterly results:

Strong core brand O2 and improved profit margin drive growth of O2 Telefónica in the second quarter

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica continued to grow in the second quarter and increased its earnings margin. Growth was driven primarily by the strength of the core brand O2.
25. Juli 2024

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)/fiber optics:

O2 Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom intensify their cooperation on fiber optic connections

O2 Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom will be working even more closely together in the area of fiber optics in future. The two companies have concluded an agreement on a new purchasing model for the marketing of fiber optic connections in Deutsche Telekom's network. This purchasing model offers O2 Telefónica the opportunity to map Deutsche Telekom's new fiber optic portfolio for its own customer contact.
24. Juli 2024

Study provides current findings on consumer preferences:

O2 sharpens its positioning as a particularly customer-friendly telecommunications brand

The O2 brand is continuing on its path of understanding the needs of its customers particularly precisely and developing suitable products. Unlike in the past, O2 will in future talk explicitly about how the brand responds to customers' wishes - and how this can be done even better in the future. The first step is a campaign on cost transparency entitled “O2 Pay Stop”. Representative consumer survey shows that there is a discrepancy between what customers want and what telecommunications providers promise and how they are perceived.
23. Juli 2024

What mobile phone data reveals about the “Swifties”:

Taylor Swift activates Generation Z in Germany

A mobility analysis by telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica and analysis partner Invenium, based on a concert at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, provides insights into the composition of the “Swifties” in Germany.
16. Juli 2024

Network expansion makes progress:

O2 Telefónica achieves 96 percent 5G coverage

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica is continuing its comprehensive network expansion program and now covers 96 per cent of the population with its 5G network.
11. Juli 2024

White spot gone:

O2 Telefónica deploys first energy self-sufficient mobile phone mast in Bavaria

The telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica has put Bavaria's first mobile phone base station into operation that operates completely independently of the general power supply. In Sindlbach, in the district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, photovoltaic modules and biomethanol fuel cells supply the newly erected mast with sustainable energy.
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