Mobile internet

Mobile and tablet games which tempt children to spend hefty sums on virtual items are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading.

As the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announces it will investigate whether mobile and tablet games encourage children to spend hefty sums, MoneySavingExpert.com has found a host of iPhone games which charge up to £70 a pop for virtual items.

BT customers can download an iPhone or Android app to cut the cost of calling from their mobile while abroad. The service can also reduce costs for calling mobiles and 08 numbers in the UK.

iPhone users are still being charged for using the internet on their mobile overseas, even after they've switched that function off.

A new era for mobile phone users begins today as superfast 4G products and services are made available to consumers in 11 cities across the UK.

Millions of O2 customers are struggling to make calls or use data to surf the web after the second network fault to hit the operator in three months.

NatWest and RBS have suspended a function on their mobile apps, which allowed customers to get cash without a debit card, over fraud fears.

Superfast mobile internet will arrive in the UK at the end of this month, but only for EE customers.

Orange and T-Mobile's owner is set to steal a march on its rivals after being given the go-ahead to launch superfast mobile internet on the 4G network.

O2 says it has fixed the system crash which left hundreds of thousands of users unable to use their mobiles.