The Information Society in Spain - Plan Avanza

Recent analysts’ opinions … (V)
‘Capital’ Magazine – A Spanish Corporate Atlas, November 2008
• Out of the 100 projects bound to change the Spanish Society in the next few years, 11 are carried out
or directly supported by MITYC (SETSI) in the framework of Plan Avanza.
Público journal, Interview with Telefonica´s CEO, 8-12-2008
• “[back in 2004] talking about today's 8 million broadband connections was unthinkable”
• “Current efforts on the infrastructure development are really appreciated. High speed NGN are a
challenge that, provided a sound management, will take our country at the forefront of the European
Union.”
• “The sector potential enables to fully contribute to a shift of productive model aiming at economic
growth recovery. We should make the most of this opportunity. A dynamic environment open to
investment and innovation is needed.”
Expansión journal – Press release 9-01-2009
• An international telecom services operating in Spain will shortly launch its low-cost mobile services
in France. The price charged per minute in France will be substantially higher than the one in Spain.
According to the company, this is a result of both higher prices for these kind of services in France
and the need to be more commercially aggressive in Spain, where the competence is fairly more
developed.
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