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Now that Mobile World Congress is wrapping up in Barcelona, Spain, we take a quick look back at the devices that stood out.

Mozilla announced today that it has partnered with mobile network operator Telefónica to deliver a complete mobile operating system built around standards-based Web technologies. They plan to bring the platform to market later this year on a prototype device that they are developing in collabo...

When Telefónica, the Spanish phone company, entered Latin America in 1992 by purchasing control of an operator in Chile, the company was criticized for exposing itself to a region prone to debt crises, political instability and corruption.

Twenty years later, the critics are nowhere to ...

The annual World Mobile Congress in Barcelona has for years ironically been notorious for having poor cell-phone reception. But Telefonica and Alcatel-Lucent are praying that this year’s event, which starts on Sunday, will be different.

Spain’s largest telecoms company by sales and Alca...

Telstra today confirmed its acceptance of the government’s conditions to its landmark structural separation undertakings, clearing the way for its National Broadband Network (NBN) deal. After multiple rounds of public and private consultation, the telco giant today lodged its revised se...