Public Policy Blog

After having announced the launching of “Telefónica Think Big”, Telefónica continues its bet on the future bringing now the Wayra initiative to Europe. Telefónica will be inaugurating in London the Wayra program, the catalyst for technology projects that the company unveiled about a year ago and which is already successfully operating in Spain (Madrid and [...]

The European Commission’s Vicepresident and European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, visited last week the facilities of the Wayra Academy in Madrid, accompanied by César Alierta, Chairman of Telefónica. As you already know, Wayra is an initiative boosted by Telefónica Digital whose main objective is to identify talents in Europe and Latin America in the [...]

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…

As you know, with the Wayra initiative, Telefónica aims to promote and foster entrepreneurship in Latin America and Spain by supporting innovative business ideas. On 23rd August, the Wayra project entered a new phase of development in Colombia with the launch of a new space called the Wayra Academy. In the presence of José María [...]

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.

Frederick de Backer, Manager of Regulatory Affairs at the Permanent Representation Office of Telefónica in Brussels, tells us about innovation in different regions of the world and how they could serve as models of innovation for Europe.