| Business Summary | | Telefonica
S.A.
is
a
diversified
telecommunications
and
multimedia
group
that
provides
a
comprehensive
range
of
services
in
Spain
and
Latin
America
and
also
provides
fixed-line
public-voice
telephone
services,
mobile
services
and
data
transmission
services
in
Spain.
The
Company
is
also
a
telecommunications
operator
in
Latin
America,
with
operations
principally
in
Argentina,
Brazil,
Chile,
El
Salvador,
Guatemala,
Peru,
Puerto
Rico,
Austria
and
Morocco.
At
December
31,
1999,
Telefonica
managed
companies
that
had
approximately
37.6
million
access
lines
in
service,
15.5
million
cellular
subscribers
and
approximately
1,036,000
pay
television
subscribers,
including
approximately
596,000
cable
subscribers
and
440,100
direct-to-home
satellite
television
subscribers.
The
Company's
telecommunications
services
in
Spain
include
fixed-line
telephone
services;
wireless
or
cellular
telephone
services;
data
transmissions;
Internet
services;
media
communications,
and
yellow
pages
or
directory
services. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Telefonica
S.A.,
is
a
telecommunications
and
multimedia
group
which
provides
domestic
and
international
fixed-link
telephone
services,
mobile
telephone
services,
and
cable
television
services.
For
the
three
months
ended
3/31/01,
total
revenues
increased
18%
to
EUR7.60
billion.
Net
income
rose
25%
to
EUR431.8
billion.
Results
reflect
growth
in
the
spanish
mobile
market
and
services
at
Telesp.
Earnings
also
reflect
improved
operating
margin. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
03/31/2001,
revenues
were
7,603;
after
tax
earnings
were
432. (Preliminary; reported in millions of Euro.) | More
from
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Cesar Alierta Izuel | Chairman | Fernando Abril-Martorell Hernandez | CEO,
Director | Pedro Luis Santamarina | Vice
Chairman | Luis Martin de Bustmante Vega, 44 | Director;
Chairman and CEO, Telefonica Moviles, S.A. | Antonio Viana-Baptista, 42 | Director;
Chairman and CEO, Telefonica DataCorp. |
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from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
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