Warning over mobile phone tariff hikes

‘Hidden clauses’ could be raising £90 million

Published: 16/07/2012

MOBILE firms could be making up to £90 million a year by using “hidden” contract clauses to raise tariffs, a consumer group warned today.

Which? has filed an official complaint to regulator Ofcom after an investigation found 70% of people on fixed contracts did not know network providers could increase prices during the lifetime of their contract.

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