Overview
Telefónica operates TCDN, its own content-delivery infrastructure within the telecommunications network. The March 2023 Qwilt agreement combines the two providers’ technology for third-party delivery in Spain; Telefónica already used TCDN for Movistar Plus+ content.
Qwilt continued to name Telefónica among its operator deployments in April 2025. This supports an operator-delivery role, while the exact customer product and terms need confirmation. Telefónica’s company history begins in 1924; that is not the TCDN launch date.
Network
The Spanish partnership places content near Telefónica subscribers through TCDN and Qwilt’s operator delivery infrastructure. Country-wide telecom reach and Qwilt’s global node total are not a Telefónica cache-city inventory.
Confirm the actual audience networks, regional capacity and failover for your product. No unsupported physical cache map is plotted.
Features
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Web application firewall | Not listed |
| Bot protection | Not listed |
| DDoS protection | Not listed |
| Rate limiting | Not listed |
| HTTP/3 (QUIC) | Not listed |
| TLS 1.3 | Not listed |
| Tiered caching | Not listed |
| Origin shield | Not listed |
| Instant cache purge | Not listed |
| Serve stale while refreshing | Not listed |
| Serve stale on origin errors | Not listed |
| Image optimization | Not listed |
| On-demand video | Not listed |
| Live video | Not listed |
| Digital rights management | Not listed |
| HLS / DASH packaging | Not listed |
| WebSockets | Not listed |
| Signed URLs | Not listed |
| Edge compute | Not listed |
| Edge functions | Not listed |
| Key-value storage | Not listed |
| Configuration API | Not listed |
| Real-time logs | Not listed |
| Log export | Not listed |
| Terraform provider | Not listed |
✓ Supported · Partial: limited or separate-product support · ✗ Not supported · Not listed: unconfirmed. Some features need a separate product or plan.
Pricing
Obtain a current product-specific quote. The partnership announcement does not provide public delivery or request rates.
- Confirm the audience regions and delivery commitment.
- Separate transfer, requests and fixed service fees.
- Quote additional security, media and support scope.
Use the calculator with the quote’s USD rates. Keep unmodeled services separate; an operator partnership does not imply free delivery.
Developer tools
A 2023 Telefónica/Síminn proof of concept interconnected their CDNs using the SVTA Open Caching standard, delegating local video delivery in Spain. If your project needs TV roaming, ask about the available commercial service and supported networks.
For a customer deployment:
- Identify the actual TCDN or partner product and service operator.
- Obtain its technical onboarding and API documentation.
- Confirm origins, authentication, reporting and purge controls.
- Test device/player compatibility and failover.
Ask for the API documentation, SDKs and Terraform resources available for your service.
Qwilt’s public Knowledge Base provides partner documentation. Confirm which instructions apply to the operator service and account; it is not a complete operator-specific CDN API contract.
When it fits
- Content providers evaluating delivery close to Telefónica subscribers.
- Third-party distribution in Spain under an identified TCDN/Qwilt service.
- Buyers able to validate coverage, technical controls and commercial scope.
Before you choose
History
Telefónica’s corporate history begins in Madrid in 1924. On March 22, 2023 it announced the Qwilt partnership for content delivery in Spain. The separate Síminn announcement describes an Open Caching TV-roaming trial.
Qwilt’s April 2025 deployment announcement still lists Telefónica as a partner.
Sources
- www.telefonica.com/en/about-us/main-data/history/
- www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/press-room/telefonica-and-qwilt-partner-to-provide-content-delivery-service/
- www.telefonica.com/es/sala-comunicacion/prensa/telefonica-y-qwilt-se-asocian-para-dar-servicio-de-entrega-de-contenidos/
- qwilt.com/qwilt-leads-the-future-of-edge-cloud-surpassing-2000-edge-nodes-across-six-continents/
- www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/press-room/telefonica-and-siminn-develop-the-first-case-of-television-roaming/
- www.telefonica.com/en/shareholders-investors/share/telefonica-on-the-stock-exchanges/
- docs.qwilt.com/
- aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
- cloud.google.com/storage/pricing
