Press Releases Telefónica Germany

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.
13. Juni 2024

Repair and maintenance improvements:

O2 Telefónica optimizes field technician deployments with intelligent analysis software

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica is optimizing its repair and maintenance measures at around 28,000 mobile network sites, thereby ensuring an ever-better network experience for its 45 million customers. Thanks to various quality initiatives, the company was able to reduce the number of necessary repair measures per site by more than a third compared to 2019.
05. Juni 2024

Telefónica celebrates its 100th year anniversary with Minister Wissing and Ambassador Navarro in Berlin

More than 200 guests including Representatives of the German Bundestag, the Federal Government and the German economy have celebrated Telefónica´s 100th year anniversary at the residence of the Spanish Ambassador to Germany, Pascual Navarro. Guests of honor included José María Álvarez-Pallete, Chairman & CEO of Telefónica S.A,. and Dr. Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport.
21. Mai 2024

Optimized network planning:

O2 Telefónica's network gets a digital twin

O2 Telefónica is using a new analysis tool that maps the status of its 28,000 mobile network sites and over 50,000 transport routes in real time. This "digital twin" helps to improve the network experience of millions of O2 Telefónica customers.
10. Mai 2024

Mobile radio frequencies:

An eight-year extension creates the greatest possible benefit for Germany

Why the country needs a comprehensive, preferably eight-year extension of the frequency spectrum in times of AI and advancing digitalization.
09. Mai 2024

Quarterly results:

O2 Telefónica starts the 2024 financial year with further growth and increased profitability

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica has made a good start to the 2024 financial year and continued its profitable growth trajectory in the first quarter.
08. Mai 2024

First 5G core network in the cloud for an existing operator:

O2 Telefónica sets new impulses in the core network together with Nokia and AWS

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica launches the 5G Cloud Core, a new 5G core network built entirely in the cloud, using technologies from European network equipment provider Nokia and from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
02. Mai 2024

New network architecture, new network supplier:

O2 Telefónica and Samsung Launch vRAN and Open RAN Network in Germany

Telefónica and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that the companies have launched their first virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Germany. It is the first time that Samsung’s 5G vRAN solution is being used in a commercial network in Germany. The site is now operating in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, providing high-performance and reliable 4G and 5G services to customers.
05. April 2024

New 5G technology for the Internet of Things:

O2 Telefónica tests "5G RedCap" in Munich

Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica is trialling the 5G technology "5G RedCap" (Reduced Capability) to connect Internet-of-Things devices cost-effectively. Thanks to new radio modules in the end devices, 5G RedCap enables reduced 5G networking of wearables, industrial sensors and monitoring systems adapted to the actual application purposes. The devices can thus be produced, integrated into the network and operated more cost-effectively.
28. März 2024

Corporate Responsibility Report 2023:

O2 Telefónica improves energy efficiency in the network

In 2023, O2 Telefónica improved its sustainability performance in all three dimensions (environment - social - governance) and achieved the best ESG rating in the telecommunications industry worldwide.
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