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Microsoft to invest €2.2 billion in huge data centre project in Aragón

News Desk4th July 202415th July 2024

4th July 202415th July 20241564

Tech giant Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros in a huge data centre project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said on Wednesday as the

Sale of Vodafone’s Spanish division for up to €5 billion receives green light

News Desk16th May 202422nd May 2024

16th May 202422nd May 20241736

The Spanish government has approved the sale of British mobile phone giant Vodafone’s Spanish division to investment fund Zegona for up to €5 billion. Digital

Spanish government takes 3% stake in Telefónica after Saudi deal concerns

News Desk26th March 20242nd April 2024

26th March 20242nd April 20241704

The Spanish government has acquired a 3% stake in telecoms giant Telefónica following concerns over a Saudi firm taking a piece of a company that

Spain’s High Court halts temporary suspension order of Telegram’s services

News Desk25th March 202429th March 2024

25th March 202429th March 20243142

#UPDATED on Monday 15 March at 20h. A Spanish judge on Monday halted his controversial order to temporarily suspend messaging app Telegram in the country

Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeball scans, over privacy concerns

News Desk7th March 202412th March 2024

7th March 202412th March 20241756

Spain’s privacy regulator has ordered for Worldcoin, the company that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease its operations in the

Spanish state to acquire 10% of Telefónica following Saudi stake

News Desk20th December 20232nd January 2024

20th December 20232nd January 20241706

The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it will acquire 10% of the country’s telecoms giant Telefónica, just months after Saudi Telecom (STC) took a significant

Spanish media association files €550m lawsuit against Meta over data protection

News Desk4th December 202311th December 2023

4th December 202311th December 20231349

A Spanish association representing 83 media outlets has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly

Telefónica to cut 5,100 jobs in Spain by 2026 – approximately 25% of workforce

News Desk4th December 202311th December 2023

4th December 202311th December 20231953

Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is to cut nearly 5,100 jobs in its domestic market by 2026 – which equates to approximately 25% of its workforce

Spain to ensure ‘strategic autonomy’ of Telefónica after Saudi group takes significant stake

News Desk7th September 202313th September 2023

7th September 202313th September 20231580

Spain said on Wednesday that it would keep watch to ensure the ‘strategic autonomy’ of Telefónica after Saudi Telecom (STC) acquired a significant stake in

Spain’s competition watchdog opens disciplinary case against Google

News Desk28th March 20234th April 2023

28th March 20234th April 20232269

Spain’s competition watchdog, the ‘Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia’ (CNMC) has opened a disciplinary case against Google for alleged anti-competitive practices affecting

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