Government uselessly interferring mobile industry

As we already commented, Spanish government was enacting new regulation to avoid free contracting between consumers and enterprises.

This new law settled the way that mobile phone companies could charge consumers, prohibiting round-ups, and providing that invoicing should depend on seconds, and not minutes.

As a consequence of the abovementioned, mobile phone companies have now raised prices, in a clear attempt to get the same money than before.

Now, government and consumer associations blame mobile companies for this raise.

Moreover, government now says that its first attempt was not aimed at reducing prices.

It is not reported whether it was just the sheer pleasure of regulating.

Conclusion:

Government

• wasted citizens money
• to not achieve its goals,
• and blamed others.

Three fingers pointing back