Public Policy Blog

Many are the predictions those days in the Net concerning our sector and its perspectives for 2012, from how the telecom sector will evolve, to which services and technological trends will be the winners for next year, or how social networks will be positioned, what will be the IT “super themes” for 2012, etc…
This is a difficult and somersault exercise in a very dynamic and evolving sector such as the ICT & Telecom one. However, it is sure that some trends could be already detected.

Concerning the ICT public policy area, we could see the following issues as relevant as they are present in several international and public institutions agendas for 2012. Here are some of them:

Telefónica has been chosen by the OECD to represent the business sector at a workshop on December 7 on “Financing R&D&Innovation in the Current Macroeconomic Context” held at the OECD headquarters. Here are some ideas…

Do you know what Wayra means? It means “wind” in Quechua and it is a recently new and innovative initiative launched by Telefónica. Gonzalo Martín-Villa, Global Head of Wayra, explains to us the main drivers of this amazing project.

Under the slogan “Beyond what has been achieved” (“Más allá de lo conseguido”), the 25th Meeting of Telecommunications in Santander, recently announced in this blog, did not disappoint its attendees.

We attended a comprehensive review of the developments of last year, and above all, a detailed analysis of the crossroads which the sector is at, provided glimpses about how the initial conclusions are emerging.

The OECD organised recently an experts meeting on the audiovisual sector, with the aim of analyzing key trade policy issues on audiovisual services, in particular the legal and regulatory limitations that companies have to face when they want to invest or develop their businesses globally. José Juan Haro, Regional Director of Regulation in Telefónica Latinamerica [...]