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Telefonica will upgrade the mobile phone coverage in Almeria city, El Ejido and Roquetas del Mar to 4G this December, the company announced today. It hopes to give 4G coverage to all towns of over 70,000 pop by the first third of 2014, and keep on extending 4G nationally over the year. No news on the rest of the province yet. One day……..
The Junta is launching a pilot scheme to allow social housing tenants without jobs to pay their rent via community service, instead of cash. They get a voucher for the value of their work which they can then redeem against the value of their rent. About 10% of the 80,000 households who live in government owned “council houses” are currently defaulting on their rent because not one person in the home has an income. The Continue reading Junta: council tenants can pay rent via community service