Telefonica company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered
in Madrid, Spain. Telefonica, S.A. provides fixed and mobile
telephony services primarily in Spain, rest of Europe, and
Latin America. Its fixed telecommunication services include
public switched telephone network lines; integrated services
digital network access; public telephone; local, domestic,
and international long distance and fixed-to-mobile
communications; corporate communications; video telephony;
supplementary and business-oriented value-added services;
network services; leasing and sale of terminal equipment;
and telephony information services. The companys Internet
and broadband multimedia services comprise Internet service
provider service; portal and network services; retail and
wholesale broadband access; narrowband switched access to
Internet; naked asymmetrical digital subscriber line, a
broadband connection; residential-oriented value-added
services and companies-oriented value-added services; and
television services, such as IPTV, cable television, and
satellite television. Its data and business-solutions
services principally include leased lines; virtual private
network services; fiber optics services; the provision of
hosting and application; outsourcing and consultancy
services; desktop services; and system integration and
professional services. The companys wholesale services for
telecommunication operators primarily comprise domestic
interconnection services; international wholesale services;
leased lines for other operators network deployment; local
loop leasing under the unbundled local loop regulation
framework; and bit stream services. It also provides various
mobile and related services and products that include mobile
voice services, value added services, mobile data and
Internet services, wholesale services, corporate services,
roaming, fixed wireless, and trunking and paging services.
Telefonica, S.A. has a strategic alliance with China Unicom
(Hong Kong) Limited.