Tuenti, Telefonica’s Social Network, Launches Globally

Few tier-one global telcos have taken the over the top application opportunity as seriously as  Telefónica.  


Telefónica Digital believes it can develop significant businesses beyond  connectivity services. The unit expects to drive annual revenues of approximately €5 billion for Telefónica by 2015 with an annual revenue growth rate of 20 percent revenue growth, 


Among those efforts is Telefónica's Tuenti, a Spanish social network with 13 million users, is launching a global beta version, including a web application (www.tuenti.com), a web app optimized for mobile (m.tuenti.com), and native applications for Android and BlackBerry. Applications for iPhone and Windows Phone will be available in the coming weeks.

 

This marks the beginning of Tuenti’s international expansion, now available in six new languages (German, French, Italian, Dutch, Slovak, and Czech) in addition to the already existing Spanish, English, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque, and Galician versions. 

Telefonica’s footprint spans both mobile and fixed operations across Europe and Latin America, covering 25 countries and 309 million users,