SUMMER BOOST

TELEFONICA says it has ‘significantly reinforced’ its 5G phone coverage in nearly 500 Spanish coastal and inland tourist resorts to meet higher demand from summer tourists and avoid network saturation.

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The public sector offers stability and shorter working hours - often clocking off at 2pm - in a time of economic insecurity. It is also more compatible with other responsibilities and appealing to the rising value of leisure time.

However, the researchers voiced concern about the findings.

“Is a society that overwhelmingly encourages its young people to work in the public sector forgetting that the income to pay these civil servants depends decisively on private sector businesses and workers generating sufficient wealth?”

The upgrade covers 442 coastal destinations all over the country, above all the regions of Andalucia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, the Valencian Community, Catalunya, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias, as well as 56 inland localities, some with less than 1,000 inhabitants.

Telefonica has also followed rival Orange in launching a 5G standalone service in more than 700 parts of Spain. It means that customers with compatible devices in served areas will be able to browse the internet at speeds of up to 1.6 Gbps and access far lower latencies at no additional cost.

Going down Good job

INFLATION in Spain has dipped to below 2% for the first time since March 2021, according to provisional June figures published by the National Statistics Institute. Inflation fell by more than one percentage point in June, reaching 1.9% year-on-year, down from 3.2% in May, with fuel, electricity and food price increases easing. The June inflation rate puts Spain in a better place than most of its neighbours within the eurozone, where inflation reached 6.1% year-on-year in May.

It’s a significant change from a year ago when inflation in Spain hit 10.8% in July 2022- its highest level since 1985.

Electric incentive

SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in a bid to encourage sustainable driving. The maximum income tax deduction would be €20,000.

“The aim is to place Spain at the forefront of Europe’s rollout of electric vehicles,“ said Economy Minister Nadia Calviño.

IN more great news for the purring Spanish economy, the jobless total has fallen by over 50,000, to 2,688,842 in June.

It is at its lowest level since 2008, just before the financial crash.

Government figures show that 54,541 new workers were registered in the Social Security system, making a total of 20,869,940 - the highest number ever. And unemployment among people under 25 also fell by 3,552 last month, leaving the number at a new low of 184,491.

“These data are very positive,” Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s Ministry of Labour said. She insisted: “Unemployment has been reduced in all sectors and in every region of the country.”