Telefónica line rental and bus fares go up; electricity falls in price and gas bills are frozen
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 @ 5:49 PM
ROUND-TOWN bus tickets and telephone landline tariffs have gone up all over Spain with effect from yesterday, but electricity has gone down and mains gas prices have been frozen.
Buses within towns and cities increased in price by 2.45 per cent on Monday – the second rise in less than a month, after prices went up on March 9 by three per cent in a government bid to compensate transport companies for rocketing fuel prices.
National telecommunications company Telefónica has also increased its costs for line rental, from 13.97 euros plus IVA to 14.38 euros plus IVA – meaning an actual increase from 16.90 euros to 17.40 euros.
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