Mobiles

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.

Millions of mobile phone customers with an allowance package will benefit from reduced roaming charges in most of Europe from tomorrow, ahead of the blanket ban on such charges from June next year.

Millions of Tesco Mobile customers can avoid paying roaming charges for using data and for calls and texts while traveling in 31 European countries this summer.

Apple has unveiled its cheapest-ever iPhone model – the SE – which will go on sale in the UK next week and be available for pre-order on Thursday.

Broadband firms will be forced to repair faults quickly, speed up installation, improve reliability and pay out automatic compensation to customers hit by service outages under far-reaching plans announced today by the UK telecoms regulator.

Samsung has launched its latest flagship phones – the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge – and revealed how much they'll cost you. The handsets, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday (21 February), are now available for pre-order both unlocked and on contract, with a release date of 11 March.

Most EE and O2 mobile phone customers will be hit with monthly contract price rises of 1.3% from 30 March 2016. But if you're affected you're unlikely to be able to leave your contract penalty-free, as annual inflationary price rises such as these are written into the firms' mobile contracts.

Hundreds of thousands of customers with mobile network Three have been told they are automatically being moved onto new, more expensive plans, with many likely to see their monthly tariff double from £15 to £30. But you don't have to accept a bills hike – if you're affected, here's what's happening and what you can do about it.

BT's £12.5 billon buyout of mobile phone giant EE has been given the go-ahead after a six-month inquiry by the competition regulator. But if you're an EE customer, you won't see any change to your contract when the merger goes ahead, probably at the end of this month.