Telefonica, one of the largest airtime providers, is backing the attempt to create yet another competitor.
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These developer phones are being developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica and Geeksphone.
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NTT, Deutsche Telekom and Spain's Telefonica are also said to have been sniffing around.
Telefonica made far fewer rash decisions than some of its competitors and weathered the crash better.
It is under attack in Latin America, where its Telefonica parentage gave it an early advantage.
Photographs, location information and voice messages can also be sent with all data stored on Telefonica's servers.
It was a laundry list of 18 carriers, including marquee supporter Telefonica, Sprint and Deutsche Telekom.
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Telefonica Dual Persona service for Android devices will be available in the second quarter of this year.
When contacted by the BBC, Telefonica was not able to confirm that the activation had taken place.
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Telefonica Digital Insights will offer companies and public sector bodies "analytical insights" based on users' anonymised location data.
Samsung is working closely with Telefonica and VMware to expand the availability of "VMware ready" devices this year.
Telefonica and 17 others plan to sell Firefox phones in countries like Brazil, Mexico and Poland starting this summer.
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Telefonica said that it planned to add functionality to the app and launch further products over the coming months.
Telefonica has been suffering recently from the recession in its home market where sales and profits have been falling.
Argentina's two main phone firms are owned by Spain's Telefonica and an alliance of Telecom Italia and France Telecom.
Suez Lyonnaise and Telefonica formed its mobile phone consortium, called ST3G, last April to bid for a French licence.
Some operators, such as Telefonica owner of the UK's O2, are mulling whether to provide compensation for affected users.
Mr Mas Canosa, now dead, stripped Sintel's assets and failed to pay Telefonica.
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In turning away from Latin America, Telefonica is gambling that its cash is better spent buying European mobile customers.
It also strengthened cooperation with multinational operators such as Telefonica and France Telecom.
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Telefonica stands to benefit if its subscribers increase their data allowance, although the service can also be used via wi-fi.
So Telefonica stopped subcontracting work to Sintel, which in turn last December sought to fire most of its 1, 800 staff.
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There are concerns that Telefonica may be paying over the odds to establish itself in Europe beyond the Iberian peninsular.
Demand for additional fixed lines in home markets is slowing (Telefonica added only 3m in Spain between 1997 and 2004).
But the steep premium offered by Telefonica was probably the determining factor behind the German firm's reluctance to get involved.
Tu Me is free to download and will be promoted to members of Spanish telecom Telefonica's O2, Movistar and Vivo networks.
O2 in particular will want to see the fine print before telling its masters at Telefonica that this deal is acceptable.
Telefonica, the Spanish mobile phone operator and owner of O2, is launching a new division to sell information about its customers.
In fact, he does not believe that France's contest will be unduly affected by the departure of Suez Lyonnaise and Telefonica.
The backing of Spanish telecommunications giants Telefonica would certainly make a move to Honda more lucrative for the 22-year-old from Majorca.
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