Michiel van Eldik to be Chief Marketing Officer | John McGuigan to be Chief Service & Sales Officer

O₂ More Local: Offers in the immediate vicinity directly to your mobile | Service works with any mobile phone | Offers within surrounding via text or multimedia messages | After registration, service is free for O₂ customers

All O₂ business customers can now sign up for the new option called "International landline number" for five euros net per month. That way, they will get an additional landline number from a country of their choice for their mobile phone.

Only 9.99 euros for unlimited texting and Internet use as well as 100 minutes to the O₂ network | Full cost control without fixed contract term | Smart add-on packages for frequent surfers and tattletales

24.1 percent higher data revenue | Successful launch of O₂ Blue All-In portfolio | Stable wireless service revenues and OIBDA development

Telefónica to extend its position as fixed network provider | Telefónica's transition from common subscriber line to high speed network of Telekom | Customers benefit from the integrated and future-proof range of fixed and mobile network | Risk sharing enables faster network expansion for Telekom

Telefónica and Samsung continue to enhance their partnership to bring the new device to market across a number of countries worldwide | A clever move: conclude an O₂ Blue All-in tariff and get a mobile phone insurance free for two months | Simultaneous launch of O₂ LTE 4G in Düsseldorf

Peter Rampling will be heading up Telefónica Digital in Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Managing Director of Digital position was newly created to work even more closely with the national subsidiaries of Telefónica in Central Europe.

In-car telematics can increase traffic safety and reduce insurance premiums for safer drivers. The next step towards a "connected car".

O₂ Business eliminates price per minute for roaming | Full cost control even when you are abroad | Best price-performance-ratio on the market

Mobile phone calls to Poland and Russia starting from 1 cent | Calls and text messages within Germany from 9 cents | No basic charge, no contract term, no minimum usage | Attractive add-on packages for Internet users and frequent callers

It is one of the fastest smartphones of all times: Samsung's Galaxy S4 has just been presented in New York on Friday. And yet, O₂ customers can already order the new superphone as of now.

Use e-mails and Internet in far-off lands without a care | New roaming package with six megabytes of data volume | Six times more volume for the same price

7.0 percent increase in wireless service revenues | Over 10 million contract customers | 31 percent increase in data revenues | 11.3 percent growth in OIBDA

Telefónica Germany continues expanding LTE in urban areas. Munich and Berlin go live as high-speed areas on 31 March, with Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Essen to follow in Q2.

Customers choose according to data volume | Power tariff: O₂ Blue All-In XL with 5GB high-speed data for under 50 euros a month | O₂ Blue All-In M for just 29.99 euros | Entry-level tariff for 19.99 euros per month | Landline number always included

Good news for mobile network users looking for a tariff that suits their needs even better.

Martin ¦kop will take over the position of CTO at Telefónica in Germany, starting March 1st, 2013.

Check the status of the nearest base station yourself| Available via web or app| More precise network coverage maps with new functions

27,000 Think Big participants have realized 1,300 ideas | In 2013, 60 projects will receive an additional 1,000 euros in funding | Peer Scout programme expanded: Experienced project makers coach other young people with their own budgets

In the lab: Voice calls that begin as Voice over LTE (VoLTE) are continued as conventional mobile calls when leaving the LTE network. Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) is working under the same conditions as apply in real mobile networks.

Good prospects for gamers: As of January 24, Telefónica Germany brings the first games flat rate for O₂ customers to smartphones and tablets.

mpass Geld senden: money transfer in real time using your mobile phone | O₂ Wallet: a farewell to the old-fashioned purse

Fitch Ratings has initiated its coverage for Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG by giving the company a 'BBB' rating with stable outlook.

Local entrepreneurs have until 21 January to submit their ideas. For the first time, entrepreneurs from all over the world can apply for a place in ten academies from London to São Paulo, including the new Prague Academy in Czech Republic.

Cayetano Carbajo will take over the position of CTO at Telefónica in Germany, starting February 1st, 2013. He follows Andrea Folgueiras, who will be the new CTO at Telefónica Brazil.

Almost two-thirds of companies in Germany gain a measurable benefit from the use of mobile technologies. This was revealed by a new survey on behalf of Telefónica Deutschland.

Would you have guessed? The text message, or SMS, turns 20 today. What began as an obscure method of sending information about mobile signal strengths is now the world's most popular way of sending short messages.

O₂ customers can now also pay for music, e-books and films with their mobile phone bill. Telefónica Deutschland is the first operator in Germany who offers its customers such a service.

Companies and social entrepreneurs can learn a lot from one another if they meet at eye level.