Ofcom to Ban Mid-Contract Inflation Linked Hikes on Mobile and Broadband From 2025

The regulator announced the plans which had been originally mooted in December 2023 will take effect in January of next year.
Ofcom to Ban Mid-Contract Inflation Linked Hikes on Mobile and Broadband From 2025
The UK media watchdog Ofcom's logo in an undated file photo. Yui Mok/PA
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Ofcom confirmed it will ban mobile phone carriers and broadband providers from linking prices to high inflation figures in the middle of customer contracts on Friday.

The new rules from the UK’s broadcast, telecommunications, and postal service’s regulator, will now compel providers to be upfront by telling customers in pounds and pence about any price rises included in their contract.

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