Pay As You Go

New and existing Asda Mobile pay-as-you-go (PAYG) customers will be charged more for calls, texts and data from today (26 September), with the provider hiking prices by at least 150%. Below we explain what's happening and how to beat the hikes.

Thousands of Three pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile users will be charged more for the cost of calls, texts and data. From today (Tuesday 12 July), the price of a call will jump by 250%. Below we explain what's happening and how to beat the hikes.

Three pay-as-you-go mobile users will see the cost of calls, texts and data rocket from 16 February, with the price of sending a text outside Europe increasing by an eye-watering 1,650%. But you can leave penalty-free and switch to a cheaper deal. 

Mobile operator Giffgaff will ratchet up the price of calls and double the price of texts for customers on standard pay-as-you-go next month – but many who buy its 'goodybag' bundles will benefit from more generous allowances.

Mobile operator Giffgaff is increasing the price of its two cheapest pay-as-you-go bundles, known as goodybags, while increasing the number of calls they include.

A new mobile network launches today, rather bizarrely from high street beauty and healthcare retailer Superdrug, and it's not a bad deal.

Every Vodafone customer should check their bill for errors after it was fined £4.6 million by telecoms regulator Ofcom for "serious and unacceptable" pay-as-you-go and complaints failings. But this is just the tip of the iceberg – a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation in June revealed 1,000s have been wrongly billed due to a multitude of other problems.

Thousands of Family Mobile, IKEA Mobile and Smarter Mobile customers will no longer be able to use their pay-as-you-go (PAYG) service from 31 August, although they will get a refund of unused credit following a U-turn by the provider.

Mobile phone users will be protected from massive bills when their handsets are stolen both in the UK and abroad under measures announced by the Government.

Orange pay-as-you-go (PAYG) customers will pay more for calls and texts as rates are hiked today, while Vodafone pay-as-you-go customers can also expect price rises later this month.