Although the 5G network has arrived in Spain earlier than expected thanks to Vodafone, it seems that its mass adoption will still take some time. While the British operator has wanted to be a pioneer in offering the ultra-fast connection, its rivals prefer to wait to include it in their service package.
Telefónica is one of the most cautious in this regard. Although its president, José María bahrain phone number Álvarez-Pallete, has been optimistic about the role of our country in the so-called fourth industrial revolution, pointing out that Spain is ready to lead it, when it comes to 5G, the executive is somewhat more cautious.
And, as he says in an interview in the XL Semanal supplement, he believes that today he is “not ready” to offer a different experience to the customer and for this reason, he adds, “today it is not worth paying more.”
data , a business model that Álvarez-Pallete does not support and against which he has positioned himself on other occasions because, he says, it is not sustainable in the long term and because of the lack of ethics it implies. "Data is like dignity. It cannot be expropriated," he explains.
A business from which, unlike Telefónica, large digital empires profit, which also benefit from the outdated tax laws that we have in our country and which it has denounced on several occasions.
"The debate on digital taxation and data ownership will help us finance the Social Security that we will need for this model of disruption," said the Telefónica executiv