more than 100,000 seats for one corporation in over 105 countries , including : voice , video , collaboration , applications services – everything !” – and it ’ s all run by Telefónica USA .

Winds blow ... and hurricanes spout You only have to look at southern Florida ’ s location on the map to see why Miami has always been the launch pad for communications between the USA and Latin America . The same factors that made Miami a busy seaport have made it a global data hub - some 20 undersea cables converge in south Florida , linking it to Europe , Central and North America , and

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Angel Barrio was appointed CEO of Telefónica USA , Inc ., the Telefónica Group ’ s U . S . subsidiary based in Miami ( FL ), in January 2014 . Mr . Barrio ’ s professional career developed in Telefonica R & D Labs , starting in 1992 , where he led several projects , principally focused on circuit switching and IP networks . In 1999 he joined the Corporate Customer Division of Telefónica and held a variety of posts in Network Planning , Engineering , Service Development , Marketing and Strategy . Prior to his appointment as CEO of Telefonica USA , Angel Barrio served as Director of Multinational & Corporate Business for Telefonica Global Solutions , managing Marketing , Presales , and Commercial Planning for the TGS global MNCs business .