Broadband

You'll soon be able to cancel mobile, landline, and broadband contracts without penalty if your provider hikes prices mid-contract and didn't forewarn you before getting the deal, after regulator Ofcom clarified its rules.

Just over four million Sky customers will pay 25% more for line rental from December compared to this time last year, as the provider is hiking costs. Some call costs are also due to rise too.

Broadband and home phone providers need to make it easier for consumers to switch, regulator Ofcom's chief executive says.

The cost of using your mobile phone around Europe could be slashed after the European Commission announced plans to end roaming charges across the continent.

Consumers could find it even easier to switch broadband and home phone supplier in future, under new measures announced by regulator Ofcom.

Many TalkTalk and Plusnet home phone and broadband customers will be hit by prices rises from 1 October.

Telephone regulators could be able to investigate more nuisance calls under changes being considered by the Government – which is threatening to license call centres if they don't clean up their act.

Telephone and broadband customers could pay less for their services in future, following Ofcom proposals announced this week, which would see wholesale charges fall.

Superfast broadband customers will be offered cheaper and shorter deals and be able to switch more easily between providers under plans to open up BT's fibre cable network to more competition.

Some Sky TV customers could be hit with price hikes of up to £2.50 a month from 1 September, the telecoms provider has said.