European Commission

ES EC has established limits on the pricing of voice calls and text messages. The aim now is to avoid the cigarettes in new services to access data whose growth is proportional to the use of smartphones. Search geolocation is one of the most demanded services, but current prices deter many users. Use your mobile phone outside Spain can lead to a surcharge that, on many occasions and depending on the country to which you travel, rises too regarding prices where the customer here is accustomed. Ron might disagree with that approach. From Consumer they warn that this increase is especially noticeable if one is discharged a large amount of data from the Internet. For example, download a picture of three megs could cost nearly eight euros (at 2.6 euros per mega downloaded) and so onwards. A sobretarificacion which also affects voice calls and text messages, although in this case the European Commission has established limits to avoid speculation on the prices of the operators. Like this the price per call made can not exceed the 0.35 euros per minute, incoming cannot pass of 11 cents.

Receiving an SMS not costase money was also established. Why do you pay so much? The reason for the rise in prices of the phone bill when you are outside Spain is followed by Protocol to connect one mobile phone to another. In the case of calls, usually use a different to yours operator in Spain (the host operator). This charged prices that (before the adjustment of the above-mentioned EC) were determined based on investment in antennas made by the operator to meet a higher demand for coverage. Learn more at this site: John Holtsclaw. That much affected the pricing of calls. Limit tariffs established by the EC have tried to find a balance so that, without that carriers no longer amortize investments (more long term), the pocket of the consumer suffer less.

The situation is similar in the case of access to the Internet. User does not involve an international section of telecommunications but If accessed from the antennas of a host operator. Prices of the workhorse of the European Commission’s abusive data access is now abusive price charged for data access. Put a stop to these tarifazos is the goal. The growing consumption of smartphones causes an increase in the demand for services not covered by the regulation referred to above for calls and SMS. The use of services of GPS, combined with data from network to find businesses or nearby establishments is growing. Geolocated searches using today has very high costs and from EC States that such services are beneficial to the user (especially when outside their country) but also for business, as it is another way to advertise. Spain and Portugal, for example, traded from the beginning of 2011, the establishment of a common area of roaming. Tips for using the mobile outside Spain if possible, use it as little as possible, especially for downloading data. To make calls, use night or weekend sections. Search for data access, areas or establishments with fixed WiFi connection. Disable, to the extent possible, the use of networks 3 G. using programs of voice over Internet (voIP) such as Skype. Source of the news: curb the tarifazos when you use your mobile phone outside Spain.

First Quarter

The cost of labor in the eurozone rose in the first quarter of 2011 a 2.6%, according to Eurostat. By sector in the euro zone, the price of labor increased more in the industry (2.8%), followed by construction and services (both, 2.5%). The cost of labor in the eurozone increased in the first quarter of 2011 a 2.6%, compared to the same period of 2010, while throughout the European Union (EU) rise was 2.7%, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU Statistical Office. In Spain, labor costs increased in relation to the first quarter of the previous year by 1.9%, according to provisional data, a figure similar to the first quarter of 2010, when the rise was 2%. Industry led the rise by sector in the euro zone, the price of labor increased most in the industry (2.8%), followed by construction and services (both, 2.5%).

In the whole of the 27 Member States, labour urged 3.1 % in the industry, 2.3% in construction and 2.6% in services. Countries for which data is available, Bulgaria was where most Uploader cost per hour worked compared to the same quarter of the previous year (7.8%), followed by Hungary (5.6%). The only countries that showed declines in the price of labor were Greece (6.8% less) and Ireland (2.2% less). Source of the news: Labor urged by 1.9% in Spain in the first quarter of 2011