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CA 1999 / 1999 revenue: 13,7 MM$ (-33,2%)
Bénéfices 1999 / 1999 income: 1,8 MM$ (+18,8%)

Tilting at windmills is no longer an option for Spain's Telefonica, now that European telecom markets are deregulated. The former monopoly is still the #1 telecommunications provider in Spain, where it operates more than 19 million fixed lines and serves 10.3 million mobile phone subscribers. Outside of Spain, mainly in Latin America, Telefonica has 20 million fixed lines and more than 11.5 million mobile subscribers. The company also owns 67% of Terra Networks, which provides Internet access to some 2 million customers in Spain and Latin America and iis buying US-based Internet portal Lycos. Telefonica's other businesses include satellite TV and directory publishing.

Télécoms / Telecom

• En matière d'alliances internationales, l'opérateur espagnol a de nombreuses fois changé de partenaires:
  • il a tout d'abord fait partie du consortium européen Unisource, allié d'AT&T,
  • il a ensuite quité le consortium pour rejoindre Concert (dirigé alors par BT et MCI), afin de s'attaquer au juteux marché des communications entre les continents nord et sud-américains,
  • finalement, il a quitté Concert pour s'allier avec WorldCom arès que celui-ci ait racheté MCI et par la même la présence de Concert sur le territoire nord-américain,
  • cette association n'a cependant pas porté ses fruits, et il est possible que le partenariat ne dure pas,
• En Italie, l'opérateur s'est associé avec le ACEA (qui fournit l'eau, le gaz et l'electricité de Rome) pour fournir des services de télécommunications dans cette ville.

• Regarding international alliances, the Spanish carrier switched several times of partners:
  • it was in the first place part of the European consortium Unisource, allied with AT&T,
  • it left the consortium to join Concert (then headed by BT and MCI), in order to have a stronger presence on the market represented by international communications between North and Latin America,
  • last but not least, it left Concert to set an agreement with WorldCom after the U.S. carrier purchased MCI, and thus Concert presence on the North American continent,
  • this partnership has not however resulted in any fruitful venture, and it is thus possible that the association may be disbanded,
• In Italy, the carrier linked up with ACEA, Rome's power, gas and water utility, to provide phone services in this city.

Joint-Ventures Internationales / International joint-ventures

A travers sa filiale internationale, Telefónica Internacional (TISA), la compagnie espagnole est très présente en Amérique Latine.

Through its interational subsidiary, Telefonica Internacional (TISA), the Spanish carrier has a string presence in Latin America.