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All Vodafone customers are urged to check their bills for errors after a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation uncovered huge numbers of problems with billing, incorrect tariffs, customer service and other issues – including some reporting that their credit score has been wrongly hit – following the mobile giant's move to a new billing platform last year.

About 1.5 million Virgin Mobile customers will be hit with price rises from Friday 1 July, with almost 200,000 on unlimited-data Sim-only deals facing an increase of up to £39 a year. But if you act now it's possible for many to beat the hikes.

Mobile phone users should now be able to dodge irritating cold calls for free by texting the second opt-out number the Telephone Preference Service has launched in a week, after it emerged some were being charged to text the first number. While some users may receive a warning message stating the new number isn't free, the TPS assures us that no charge will be made.

Mobile phone users plagued by annoying marketing and sales calls can now send a text to join a register that makes unwanted calls to your number illegal – but while it's free for many, some people may be charged to use the service.

Over three million people may have paid the wrong tax at the same time as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) cut customer service jobs, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.

Millions more people in the UK will now be able to make everyday purchases with a tap of their smartphone following the launch of Android Pay.

The vast majority of MoneySavingExpert.com users aged under 65 would appear to be hanging up their home phone for good, according to our online poll, which follows calls for broadband-only customers to be exempt from landline costs.

A multi-billion pound merger between O2 and Three has been blocked due to concerns over the impact the proposed deal would have on UK mobile customers.

Vodafone has launched a 'free' roaming offering in 40 European countries, although some customers can expect to start paying more from next April when the telecommunications giant scraps its 'Fixed Price Promise'.

Customers left out of pocket after mobile phone company Ovivo shut up shop two years ago will not be getting their money back.