Virgin Media is tackling the problem of expensive customer service calls with the new VIP Plus deal including free 0800 numbers. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was ...

Calling 0800 telephone numbers from your mobile phone could soon be free after Ofcom announced plans to ban the charging practice. At present, mobile users pay up to 40p a minute to call 0800 numbers, ...

Mobile provider Three is making calls to 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers free, while it's also cutting the cost of dialling all other 08 numbers. But customers will have to take out a new contract to take ...

It’s always been somewhat puzzling that we have to pay to dial a freecall number from a mobile phone. Those 0800 numbers are free to call from a landline, so why not from a mobile too? From June 2015, ...

Communications regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation that could force mobile phone companies to make calls to 0800 numbers free, as well as regulate the way call charges for directory enquiries ...

Ringing 0800 and 0808 numbers will finally be free, and other charges will become a lot more clear, under new Ofcom rules. Despite being referred to as freephone numbers — and not usually being ...

MOBILE phone users may be able to make free calls to 0800 numbers under new proposals put forward by the industry watchdog. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

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