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Sky Mobile to hike prices for out of contract customers by up to £36 a year – but you can leave penalty-free
If you're an out-of-contract Sky Mobile customer, you'll see prices rise by £1 to £3 a month – £12 to £36 a year – from Wednesday 14 February. But you don't have to accept the hikes – you can try to haggle or leave penalty-free. If you're still in contract, you won't be affected.
8 January 2024
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Millions of Sky broadband and TV customers will see their bills increase from 1 April by an average of £67.20 a year (8.1% or £5.60 a month), the telecoms provider has announced. But some affected users may be able to cancel penalty-free as a result – here's how to beat the hikes.
24 May 2023
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Now has increased the price of its monthly Boost (which enables ad-free viewing) and Sports memberships by £1 each a month. It means viewers who subscribe to both will pay an extra £2 a month. You're limited in what you can do to beat the price hike but you can cancel your subscription penalty-free if you're not happy. 
1 March 2023
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Around 1.3 million Sky Mobile customers who are out of contract will see their prices rise by £1 a month, an average of 9%, from 14 February. It's the first time in five years the provider has raised prices on any of its mobile plans, but you can try to haggle or leave penalty-free. If you're still in contract, you won't be affected.  
16 January 2023
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Virgin Media, RAC and Sky are the top firms to haggle with, a new MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) poll of over 3,000 people has found, with over 80% of those who tried negotiating with these three firms having some success, compared to 66% on average.
22 December 2022
Sky launches Sky Stream service
Sky has launched a new service that allows subscribers to access Sky TV, plus Netflix and other channels, without the need for a satellite dish. 'Sky Stream' is available from today (18 October). Below we detail how it works and how it compares with other Sky products, Freeview, and Netflix.
18 October 2022
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Sky TV customers should check their bills NOW as millions are still not being told their contract is coming to an end. The telecoms giant is adamant it doesn't need to send end-of-contract notifications to its TV customers, despite being told to do so.
22 August 2022
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The UK's biggest broadband and mobile providers – BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone – have agreed to a set of measures aimed at ensuring customers struggling to pay their bills during the cost of living crisis don't get cut off from essential services.
1 July 2022
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Sky Mobile's two million customers will be charged a £2 a day fee if they use their phone to 'roam' - make calls, send texts and access data outside of a free WiFi network - in Europe from today (3 May).  
3 May 2022
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Millions of Sky broadband, TV and home phone customers will see prices hiked by £43 a year on average from Friday 1 April. Meanwhile, Sky Mobile customers who use their data, or make calls and send texts in the EU will pay £2 a day in roaming charges from Tuesday 3 May. But affected customers may be able to cancel contracts penalty-free as a result. 
17 February 2022

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