Mobile phone operators' war on Apple apps - Times Online. Telefónica y 11 operadores se alían para competir contra la App. Telefonica's Application Store Goes Live - With more than 1,000. Telefonica is yet another telecommunication industry player to go live with its own application store for mobile phones.
The new mstore software portal has been launched by the company with a number of more than 1,000 applications on board, and, while at the moment is only available for the company's users in Spain (Movistar's subscribers), it should reach more users around the world in the near future. According to the company, the new mstore is aimed at all types of customers, while also including applications that should work with a wide range of mobile devices. The application portal includes software solutions classified into 14 categories, Telefonica states, namely Dictionaries, Education/Children, Entertainment, Finance, Games, GPS-Maps, Health, Information, Photos and Videos, Social Networks, Travel and Books, Sports, Shopping and Tools. When it comes to the price tags, the applications available at the new software portal range from 0.49 euros to 19.99 euros, no VAT included.