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May 14th, 2012
The European Parliament has approved with 578 votes in favour, 10 against and 10 abstentions, the new EU rule which will force telephone companies to lower the rates, by up to 90%, that they can charge their customers for using mobile Internet abroad. The regulation, which will take effect from ...
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May 9th, 2012
Despite the high unemployment rate in Spain, only 48% of the population use the Internet to find employment, a figure which is still higher than the average of several developed countries, but much lower than their Internet use for sending and receiving emails or visiting social networks. This data comes from ...
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April 27th, 2012
The price of petrol has dropped 1.6% this week and recorded its first decline after fourteen consecutive weeks of increases, nine of which were recorded as historic highs, according to the European Union Oil Bulletin. Specifically, a litre of petrol stood at 1.473 euros this week, but this is still 13% ...
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April 20th, 2012
The Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers has approved the creation of an Expert Committee to reform the Spanish university system which, said the Minister for Education, Culture and Sport, "is an absolute priority". José Ignacio Wert explained that in the last few years university education has expanded greatly in Spain. "We ...
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April 17th, 2012
Facebook has announced its intention to purchase the photo sharing application Instagram for one billion dollars, about 762 million euros. The transaction is expected to be completed during this quarter and will be paid for in cash and stock. On his profile on the social network, the creator of Facebook, Mark ...
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March 27th, 2012
In 2016 the economic activity generated through the Internet is expected to amount to 5.3% of the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of all the member countries of the G-20, according to a study released last week by The Boston Consulting Group. In absolute terms, the network will contribute $4.2 ...
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March 20th, 2012
The Council of Ministers approved at its meeting on Friday the exploration for hydrocarbons in the waters off the Canary Islands, which will be undertaken by Repsol YPF. Vice President, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria noted that after environmental protection measures had been reinforced, they had now complied with the rules ...
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February 27th, 2012
Orange España registered a turnover of 3,993 million euros in 2011, which represents a 4.5% increase over the previous year, and an improvement of 9.8% in its gross operating profit (EBITDA) reaching 839 million euros. As for commercial activity, the company closed the year with 13.7 million customers. In the mobile ...
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February 20th, 2012
Two Spanish cities, Barcelona at No. 11 and Madrid at No. 16, have been included in the list of the 20 best cities in the world for students, in a new ranking released at the weekend by QS, a company specialising in research and rankings of universities worldwide. Among the ...
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February 9th, 2012
2011 was a bad year for Telefónica’s mobile phone business. Movistar lost 467,300 customers compared to 2010, and decreased its market share by 2.2 points, according to a report by the Telecommunications Market Commission and reported in Diario Sur. This is the fifth consecutive setback suffered by the Spanish multinational. Movistar ...
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