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Telefónica Deutschland appoints Santiago Argelich Hesse as new CEO

November 8, 2025 00.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Telefónica Deutschland has named Santiago Argelich Hesse as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 January 2026.

Filed Under: Newsline, People, Telco Tagged With: Cellnex, Cellnex Poland, Markus Haas, Peter Löscher, Santiago Argelich Hesse, Telefónica Deutschland Edited: 8 November 2025 00:19

Telefónica Deutschland CEO Markus Haas to step down

October 7, 2025 16.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Telefónica Deutschland has confirmed that Chief Executive Officer Markus Haas is set to leave the company, with the Supervisory Board launching a search for his successor.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Markus Haas, Peter Löscher, Telefónica Deutschland Edited: 7 October 2025 16:54

Telefónica Group plans full acquisition of Telefónica Deutschland

November 7, 2023 11.18 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Spanish Telefónica Group is planning a complete takeover of its German subsidiary Telefónica Deutschland.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Markus Haas, Telefónica Deutschland, Telefónica Group Edited: 7 November 2023 11:18

Sky Deutschland and Telefónica trial 5G Broadcast for live sports

November 27, 2020 11.20 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland and mobile network operator Telefónica O2 Deutschland will use elements of 5G Broadcast for a live sports production for the first time.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Production, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: 5G, 5G Broadcast, Alessandro Reitano, O2, Sky Deutschland, Sky Sport, Telefónica Deutschland Edited: 30 November 2020 11:58

Telxius to double in size

June 9, 2020 12.43 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Telefónica’s infrastructure company Telxius has reached an agreement with Telefónica Deutschland to acquire approximately 10,100 sites.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Telefonica, Telefónica Deutschland, Telxius Edited: 9 June 2020 12:43

German commercial broadcasters reject Vodafone’s concessions

May 17, 2019 12.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The measures proposed by Vodafone to the EU Commission to obtain approval for the acquisition of Unitymedia miss the point, according to German commercial broadcaster association VAUNET.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: concessions, EU Commission, Harald Flemming, Liberty Global, Telefónica Deutschland, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 20 May 2019 12:48

Germany launches TV via 5G broadcast trial

May 9, 2019 10.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

[WATCH VIDEO] The 5G Today project has officially started its field trial for TV broadcasting via 5G at a kick-off event at German broadcast technology research institute IRT in Munich […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Mobile TV, Newsline, Platforms, Tech, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: 5G, 5G Broadcast, 5G-Today, BR, FeMBMS, HPHT, IRT, Kathrein, Michael Hagemeyer, Rohde & Schwarz, SDR, SFN, Telefónica Deutschland, TU Braunschweig, Ulrich Wilhelm Edited: 15 May 2019 20:36

waipu.tv and Freenet TV continue to grow

May 8, 2019 21.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German media company Freenet continued to record rising customer numbers for its TV platforms in Q1 2019.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Astra, customers, Freenet, Freenet TV, O2 TV, Telefónica Deutschland, waipu.tv Edited: 8 May 2019 21:57

o2 Germany launches TV service with waipu.tv

April 9, 2019 13.34 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German mobile network operator Telefónica Deutschland has found a new partner for a TV streaming service for the customers of its o2 brand.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Burda, Filmtastic, MySpas, Netzkino, O2 TV, Telefónica Deutschland, TV Spielfilm live, waipu.tv, Wolfgang Metze Edited: 11 April 2019 09:55

European Commission opens full deal review of Vodafone, Liberty acquisition

December 11, 2018 20.00 Europe/London By By Robert Briel and Jörn Krieger

The European Commission (EC) has concerns about Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania and has therefore opened an in-depth investigation.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Telco, Top Story Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, Deutsche Telekom, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Margrethe Vestager, Mike Fries, Telefónica Deutschland, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 12 December 2018 12:43

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