Movistar (Telecommunications brand)

Brand origin, manufacturing and ownership

Movistar is the primary consumer telecommunications brand created and used by the Spanish multinational Telefónica for its mobile, fixed broadband and pay-TV services. The Movistar brand was launched in Spain in July 1995 and later expanded across Spanish-speaking markets, becoming Telefónica’s main retail brand in Spain and many countries in Latin America. (es.wikipedia.org)

Telefónica centralized several local brands under the Movistar identity after major expansion moves in the 2000s (notably following acquisitions in Latin America), which established Movistar as the group’s Spanish-language consumer brand. The ultimate owner of the Movistar brand is Telefónica, S.A., a Madrid-headquartered telecommunications group. (telefonica100.com)

"Manufacturing" in the context of a telecom services brand is not applicable in the traditional product-manufacturing sense: Movistar delivers network services and sells devices and hardware sourced from multiple global suppliers, and its infrastructure and operations span multiple countries. Therefore the appropriate origin for manufacturing/production is best described as "Multiple countries."

Telefónica operates Movistar through national subsidiaries and operating units; however, the company has undertaken portfolio reorganizations and country-level divestments in recent years, so local ownership/operation arrangements can change by market. For up-to-date country-level ownership or operational status (for example sales of specific national operations), consult the latest Telefónica corporate disclosures or local market regulatory announcements. (cincodias.elpais.com)