Phones

Mobile phone users could receive greater protection against unexpectedly high bills.

Making and receiving mobile phone calls across the European Union could become cheaper from July — but MEPs have rejected proposals to begin making the cost the same as domestic calls from this year.

Landline users could be able to ring mobiles for less following a ruling to cut the fees mobile operators charge other phone firms for connecting calls to their networks.

Home phone bills are set to shoot up over the next few months as Virgin Media, O2 and Orange have all announced price rises.

O2 says it has now fixed a data breach which saw mobile internet users' phone numbers given out to websites.

Home phone provider Primus Saver has become the latest to raise call costs.

O2 now allows phone users to lease the new iPhone 4S to save on huge upfront costs.

Ofcom says Orange does not have a case to answer after the phone giant announced plans to hit millions of pay monthly mobile customers with price hikes. However, it has left the door open for customers to lodge individual complaints.

BT will raise prices by up to 5% for millions of landline customers this Saturday.

Orange will hit millions of its pay monthly customers with price hikes in the new year.