Premium rate numbers

Make sure you never pay sky-high rates to call a freephone number from a mobile.

Ofcom, the communications regulator, has today announced new guidelines to help reduce the cost of calling expensive 0870 numbers. However, they are not compulsory and do not apply to pricey 0845 and 0871 numbers.

You can beat this month’s BT and TalkTalk price rises by following some clever techniques.

BT has prompted fury after upping many of its charges just days after boasting that it made some calls to costly 0870 numbers free.