Do mobile operators have what it takes to be a killer force in the mobile advertising industry? Telefonica’s UK mobile operator O2 has recently released some figures that—while they might not be a sign of operators definitely winning in that space—certainly show they are out to be a contender against…

The operator Telefonica—owner of many mobile and fixed businesses spanning from Latin America to Europe—is getting its digital house in order. The company has announced it is reorganizing a disparate group of digital assets into a single business unit, to be called Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) Digital, and transferring 2,500 employees…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) may have lost its search deal with T-Mobile in the U.S. earlier this month—but it is still picking up search partners—at least in Europe. The company is replacing Google (NSDQ: GOOG) as the exclusive search engine on the mobile portal of Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) Espana, the biggest…

Spanish operator Telefónica has signed up to launch 100% Mobile, a mobile portal and shop managed by Player X Distribution. The portal will have a range of mobile games from global publishers such as Namco and Spanish publishers such as Movilenio and Iteration Mobile. The portal is already on UK…

It’s too late now, but Lycos Europe CEO Cristophe Mohn will take some solace that a Dutch court ruling effectively clears him of allegations made by major stakeholder Telefonica. As the failed portal tried in vain to sell itself last year, the Spanish telco’s LE Holding Corporation, which owned 32…

Telefonica’s (NYSE: TEF) LE Holding Corporation, the subsidiary through which it owns 32 percent of Lycos Europe, has filed an application for an inquiry in to the “policy and conduct of business” at the once-mighty portal. The complaint was made at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal’s enterprise chamber in Lycos…