Customers of O2 and Virgin Mobile face 17.3 per cent increases to their mobile phone airtime bills from April.
Millions of households face increases of around 15 per cent to their phone and broadband bills by April 1 as providers pass on inflation-linked rises.
But some of the highest increases unveiled so far will be paid by those with Virgin Media and O2 – albeit only for the airtime portion of customers’ bills.
The 17.3 per cent increase is based on the February 2022 inflation figure of 13.4 per cent, plus an extra 3.9 per cent margin.
It applies to the firms’ airtime plans, which cover the cost of minutes, texts and data. The price of handsets is not going up.
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