The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to Telefonica among telecommunications companies — ranked by similarity to what Telefonica actually does, not by market-cap band.
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Telefónica is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadband, and subscription television services, operating in Europe and the Americas under brands like Movistar, O2, and Vivo.
Telefonica is a telecommunications company headquartered in Spain, founded in 1924. Xcout tracks 28 named people at Telefonica, including Daniel Domenjó (Chief Executive Officer of Movistar+).
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O2 Telefónica is a telecommunications provider operating in Germany with its regional business locations situated in Bavaria.
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Vodafone España, S.A.U. is a telecommunications services company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It serves as the Spanish headquarters for Vodafone.
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Telefónica Movistar México is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates under the Movistar brand and is part of Telefónica Hispam.
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Virgin Media O2 provides telecommunications services, offering fixed-line fibre broadband, home phone packages, and mobile plans to consumers and businesses. The company bundles its broadband and mobile services together, providing features such as speed boosts, Wi-Fi guarantees, and doubled mobile data allowances.
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Telefónica del Perú, also known as Movistar and now Integratel Perú, is a telecommunications firm based in Peru. It previously held a significant market share in the Peruvian telecommunications sector.
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MásMóvil Group is a telecommunications operator headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It provides a range of services, including mobile, and its subsidiary MásMóvil Panamá focuses operations within Panama.
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O2 Czech Republic is a telecommunications provider that offers mobile tariffs, high-speed internet, television services, and bundled packages for individual consumers as well as businesses. The company also sells mobile phones, hardware devices, and accessories.
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Orange is a multinational telecommunications corporation that provides mobile, broadband, and enterprise services globally.
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Telefônica Brasil S.A. operates as a prominent telecommunications provider in Brazil, offering an extensive range of mobile and fixed-line services to both individual consumers and business clients. Its landline telephony services include local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance calling. The mobile segment delivers voice communication and high-speed broadband internet access, leveraging technologies from 3G up to 5G, alongside value-added services and global roaming capabilities. Additionally, the company furnishes dedicated broadband and mobile data connectivity. For entertainment, it supplies pay TV services through direct-to-home satellite, IPTV, and cable, featuring pay-per-view and video-on-demand options. Beyond core services, Telefônica Brasil offers network infrastructure rentals and various specialized solutions such as private network connectivity, computer equipment leasing, extended service plans, caller identification, and voicemail. Its wholesale operations include essential interconnection services for other network providers. Digital services encompass entertainment platforms, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and financial services. The company also facilitates multimedia communication, supporting the transmission of audio, data, voice, images, and text. It sells a variety of devices, including smartphones and broadband USB modems. Telefônica Brasil further provides tailored telecommunications and IT support to diverse industries, such as retail, manufacturing, services, financial institutions, and government. Its solutions are distributed through multiple channels, including company-owned stores, authorized dealers, retail and distribution networks, direct door-to-door sales, and outbound telesales efforts. Established in 1998 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the company changed its name to Telefônica Brasil S.A. in October 2011, having previously been known as Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. - TELESP.
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Grupo MásMóvil is a Spanish telecommunications group that provides mobile, fixed-line broadband, and converged communications services to consumers and businesses. It has operated brands including Yoigo, MásMóvil, Pepephone, and Euskaltel in Spain.
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Claro, operating under parent company América Móvil, is a telecommunications provider offering connectivity, communication, and information technology services across 18 countries in the Americas. The company provides mobile telephony, fixed lines, data center services, and entertainment content such as video, music, and sports streaming to millions of residential and business customers.
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O2 Czech Republic (operating under the O2 brand) is a major integrated operator in the Czech Republic. It is now operating more than six million lines, both fixed and mobile, making it one of the Czech Republic's largest providers of fully converged services. O2 Czech Republic operates a fixed and mobile network including a 3rd generation network, CDMA (for data), UMTS and EDGE, enabling voice, data and video transmission. O2 Czech Republic is also a provider of ICT services.
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