Telefonica - Spain

Telefónica is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies by market cap. Its activities are centred mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses, and the broadband business. It operates in 25 countries and its customer base exceeds 260 million globally. Telefónica’s growth strategy is focused on the markets in which it has a strong foothold: Spain, Europe and Latin America.

Telefónica has one of the most international profiles in the sector with a reference point in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking market. In June 2009, Telefonica employed an average of 257,000 professionals.