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Telefonica inks Xbox deal, offers clients bonus 20GB for gaming

Friday 30 July 2021 | 16:00 CET | News
Around a year after becoming the first operator in the world to offer a carrier billing service with Epic Games, the operator has partnered with Microsoft to give its customers preferential access to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate streaming service. Under the pioneering deal, subscribers to the operator's Movistar Fusion convergent rates and mobile only postpay plans will be able to sign up to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for EUR 12.99 a month, the standard Microsoft rate, but with 20GB of bonus mobile data added for free.

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Companies: Microsoft / Movistar / Telefonica
Countries: Spain
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