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Telefonica SA, based in Madrid, Spain, is a telecommunications company that serves over 200 million customers across Europe, Africa, Central America, and South America. It provides clients with wireline telephone, wireless, broadband telephony, Internet, data, and television services. Telefonica includes the Telefonica Espana, Telefonica O2 Europa, and Telefonica Latinoamerica units. Atento is the firm's customer support unit. The Telefonica I+D business creates services and manages networks. T-Gestiona manages non-strategic operations for multiple Telefonica subsidiaries. Telefonica acquired BellSouth's Latin American assets in 2004 and O2's European assets in 2006. The company also has acquired Cesky Telecom. It invested in China Netcom in 2004. Telefonica is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the TEF symbol. It also is listed on the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans index.
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