Mobile phone calls in Spain 'fourth most expensive' in the EU
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 @ 11:14 AM
SPAIN charges the fourth-highest tariffs per minute for calls made from mobile phones in the European Union, at an average of 13.3 cents per minute, research claims.
According to the European Commission (EC), prices between the 28 member States vary by as much as 774 per cent – from 14.7 cents per minute in The Netherlands to 1.9 cents per minute in Lithuania.
And vice-president of the Commission Neelie Kroes says there is no relation whatsoever between price, quality of service or level of buying power in customers.
After The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium are the most expensive countries in the EU to make a telephone call, at an average of 14.6 and 13.8 cents respectively, with Spain fourth.
Based upon mobile-to-mobile calls, prices per minute range from 12.7 cents in France and 9.7 cents in the UK to 8.8 cents in Germany and 6.9 cents in Italy.
Read more at thinkSPAIN.com