Telefónica increases its investment in R&D by 6%, up to 1,111 million euros

Telefónica I+D is one of the main market players in areas such as the Internet of Things, Big Data or new generation networks.

Telefónica has increased, once again, its investment in innovation and development with the aim of remaining at the forefront of technology and consolidating itself as a “digital telco”. In this sense, Telefónica invested more than 1,111 million euros of investment in 2014 compared to the 1,046 million invested a year ago (6% more).

This growth can also be extended to the R&D&i figure, in which Telefónica increased its investment by 13.5% to reach 6,973 million euros in 2014, compared to the 6,142 million it received in 2013.

Likewise, Telefónica continues to consolidate its commitment to technological innovation in Spain. In fact, investment in R&D&i in our country grew by 13.8% in the last year, reaching 1,319 million, more than a fifth of the entire budget of this division worldwide.

Telefónica I+D es la factoría de productos de Telefónica. Sus ingenieros y diseñadores de experiencia de usuario son responsables del desarrollo de algunos de los productos más estratégicos que Telefónica ofrece a sus clientes alrededor del mundo. Así, entre otros desarrollos, Telefónica I+D lanzó en 2014 numerosas novedades tecnológicas como Thinking Things (la primera aproximación plug-and-play para el Internet de las Cosas), Click&Pizza (el primer botón de IoT para consumo, lanzado junto a Telepizza), Firefox Hello, un servicio para realizar sin coste videollamadas, o Tu Go, una aplicación que permite al usuario tener su número en todos sus dispositivos (PC, tablets) y comunicarse a través de una conexión de datos. Además destacan los trabajos como proveedor líder de servicios de video OTT en un gran número de países de Latinoamérica y Europa.

On the other hand, Telefónica I+D has consolidated its leadership in the area of ​​network virtualization with the creation of the NFV Reference Lab and has reinforced its commitment to the transparency of user data on the Internet with initiatives such as Data Transparency Lab. In the field of collaboration with other entities in the sector, it has been reinforced with agreements such as the one signed with READ (Spanish Network of Design Associations), with which it works to improve the design of products.