Telefonica group manages many network operators in countries across Europe and South America under the "Moviles" and Movistar brand. It also acquired the O2 group in January 2006, with its operations in UK, Germany, Ireland, Czech and Slovakia, which continues to operate independently using this brand. Moviles is the brand used in Spain.
Telefonica Czech was sold in November 2013.
History
Telefonica have not adopted residential femtocells very widely and this has mostly been restricted to their O2 subsiduary.
The Guardian newspaper reported in 2008 plans for a large early femtocell trial in the UK, following those already conducted in Czech Republic (where O2 operates both fixed and mobile networks) and Spain (within Telefonica's own labs).
They had a particular focus on office buildings, as stated in their quarterly newsletter
Telefonica Spain
Telefonica (branded as Movistar in many countries) launched commercial service in Spain in July 2010, offering a femtocell product for residential customers called "My Mobile Coverage", since discontinued.
Huawei were revealed as the vendor. Their standard residential femtocell supports up to 4 concurrent calls. It was later revealed that Alcatel-Lucent are also providing their femtocell solution in parallel.
The service costs 9 Euros/month. A DSL broadband line from Telefonica is required and it must have a minimum download speed of 3Mbit/s.
Telefonica O2 UK Boost Box
Telefonica O2 UK offer two sizes of small cells using the brand name "Boost Box" aimed at small and medium sized businesses.
Their website includes self-installation manuals but does not specify a price.
