Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 28 | Page 51

COUNTRY FOCUS: SPAIN “ A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY MAKES CONNECTIVITY ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. Spain has an ultra-broadband communication infrastructure of extremely high capacity and quality and Telefónica aims to ensure that the telecommunications network works at full www.intelligentcio.com capacity in a reliable, stable and secure way. It intends to do the same in all the countries it operates, working to provide its networks with sufficient capacity to absorb the most demanding peaks. Telefonica and working from home Within the process of Digital Transformation in which we are immersed, Telefónica has the ambition to be a benchmark in new forms of work, flexible models and balancing work and home life by taking advantage of its digital capabilities and tools. This commitment allows the company to react effectively to a crisis such as this one by promoting working from home in all areas of the company and especially among risk groups. For all these reasons, while all educational activities remain suspended in certain areas of Spain, the company has decided to facilitate and promote remote working for all Telefónica employees in Spain, placing special emphasis on those colleagues with school-age children and on groups at risk. This is in addition to the rest of the measures Telefónica has already taken throughout the company regarding trip cancellations, promotion of flexible working days and working remotely, limits to meetings and events and adoption of basic prevention and hygiene measures. INTELLIGENTCIO 51