Regulator sees cheaper Spain mobile phone charges

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish mobile phone charges should fall more than 6 percent this year due to growing competition, the head of Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission, Reinaldo Rodriguez, said on Tuesday.

"I could imagine mobile phone charges continuing to drop in 2008, not just as much as they did in 2007, but more," the regulatory chief told reporters.

Average mobile phone charges fell 6 percent in 2007 to 0.172 euros per minute.

Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange dominate Spain's mobile market, but are now facing competition from virtual competitors.

(Reporting by Robert Hetz; writing by Jason Webb; Editing by Paul Bolding)