This week’s Trump Adminstration bombshell of substantial global tariffs has sent ripples through various sectors of the global economy, with the secondary market for used and refurbished mobile phones standing among the most affected. Industry analysts warn that these tariffs could lead to increased costs for refurbishers, significant supply chain disruptions, and shifts in consumer

Vodafone and Three have pledged to maintain tariffs for their SMARTY and VOXI MVNO customers.at £10 or below for two years from the completion of the proposed merger of the two networks. They say they will also provide a pricing framework that encourages other MVNOs to access their additional network capacity. Upon approval of the

Approval for the Vodafone and Three merger is now in doubt as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it could lead to higher prices for consumers. Although a final decision is not expected until December 7, the CMA says it is now worried that the merger “could lead to millions of customers having to

Three UK has revised its pricing structure to show annual price increases outlined in “pounds and pence” determined by tiers based on the data allowance of each contract. Each year mobile customers will see the following increases depending on their data allowance. 4GB or less: £1 more a month, 5GB-99GB: £1.25 more a month, 100GB

Customers must be told upfront in pounds and pence about any price rises their provider includes in their contract, under new consumer protection rules announced today by Ofcom. UK phone, broadband, and pay TV companies will no longer be able to include price rises linked to future inflation rates in their contract terms. New Rules

Apple has revamped and strengthened its iPad lineup with a new range of devices. The range includes the new M2 iPad Air and M4 iPad Pro. The M4 chip has appeared just six months after the launch of the M3 last November and consists of 28 billion transistors built using second-generation 3-nanometer technology. At just

SIM-only MVNO Spusu has pledged to extend its 2024 price freeze until January 2026. Spusu is a family-owned Austrian provider that launched in Vienna in 2015 and in Italy in 2020. It launched its UK operation a year ago. The EE MVNO will not utilise regulatory permission to raise bills annually in accordance with the

HONOR has debuted its flagship HONOR Magic6 Pro and its latest AIPC, the HONOR MagicBook Pro 16, both equipped with HONOR’s platform-level AI. The HONOR Magic6 Pro will be available in Black and Epi Green, priced at £1,100. The PORSCHE DESIGN HONOR Magic V2 RSR is available in Agate Grey, priced at £2,350.  HONOR CEO

Telecoms customers must be told upfront about any price rises their provider includes in their contract, under new consumer protection plans set out today by Ofcom. Ofcom is to stop telecoms companies from levying mid-contract price rises and introduce tougher protections for customers by banning this practice The new ruling woud apply to new contracts. A

“New” EE has introduced EE TV which includes content and hardware such as Apple TV 4K and EE’s set-top boxes at subscruption prices from £18 to £76 a month There are three device options: EE TV on Apple TV 4K (live TV and access to streaming apps and Apple’s services with an EE-branded remote), EE

Apple’s new iPhone 15 range will cost more or less the same as the iPhone 14 range a year ago. The ’15’ prices range as high as £1,599 for the top-spec Pro Max with 1TB storage down to £799 for the base 15 with 128BGB. Apple is offering £600 trade-in for a 128GB iPhone Pro

The iPhone 14 Pro is set for the biggest price drop after the release of the ’15’ in less than a fortnight, says Envirofone.

Consumer advice organisation Which? has urged Ofcom to investigate Virgin Media’s impending contract terms that allow it to raise broadband bills by “unlimited sums” from next April

Mobile networks and broadband ads which which do not clearly show future price rises risk having their ads banned from December under new rules by the Advertising Standards Authority Code Advertising Practise.

Ericsson shareholders have failed in their bid to sue Ericsson’s CEO and board members over the scandal of its payment of bribes to ISIS terrorists in 2019 which caused its stock to drop by a third. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has dismissed the securities litigation brought by certain

In a blow to alternative network providers, Ofcom has allowed Openreach to sell its Equinox 2 full-fibre services at lower prices to retail providers.

Misplaced loyalty means many consumers are willing to pay more to be on a top-tier mobile network rather than a lesser-known MVNO.

Reduction of up to £6 a month leads to increase in orders

New service conceived in response to inflationary pressures

Current group chief financial officer steps into £1m role on interim basis Vodafone Group chief executive Nick Read is being replaced at the end of December by current chief group financial officer Margherita Della Valle . She steps into the £1m job on on an interim basis until a permanent replacement for Read has been

Customers could be hit by price rises of around 14pc at the end of March

Court cuts fine by two thirds

All Community Fibre broadband packages come with free installation and a free Linksys router

The Phone (1) goes on sale on July 22

This broadband offer is available to purchase from May 9- May 15

The broadband company has also recently reached its key milestone of 75,000 connected premises

CCS Insight looked at the future of mobile, revealing its latest predictions for the years ahead

More than two million customers in line for £500 payout

Since January 2020 Realme has launched 13 additional 5G smartphones

Price rises will be written into customer contracts

Goldman Sachs enlisted to update defence strategy

Narrow window for customers to capitalise before price drops ‘across the board’

Ofcom estimates 40 per cent of broadband customers are currently out of contract

The average handset costs £355 compared to £72.50 back in 2000

Apple launch the second generation of its iPhone SE smartphone last week

Prices start from £11 per month

So far 5,700 people have signed-up to waiting list according to Raylo A start-up device subscription company called Raylo is hoping to provide Apple’s next iPhone via a subscription model cheaper than that of operators. It expects to unveil the model in September. Raylo is tentatively pricing the latest iPhone SIM-free and fully insured at

The wearable boasts premium features such as an AMOLED colour display, fitness tracking, and long battery life Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has announced the Mi Smart Band wearable is available to buy today (June 26) for £34.99. Embedded with a heart-rate sensor, it has a colour AMOLED display that measures at 0.95-inches with a 120 x

The Mi 9 SE will start from £349 and is available in black and blue

Availability and release date are yet to be confirmed by HMD Global

The smartphone is £499 or £549 and available in grey

Prices start from £50 to £77 per month

Analysts question Vodafone’s long term 5G pricing strategy

Vodafone will invest the money in its future infrastructure

The smartphone is competitively priced at £175 – £219 and will release in the UK on June 5

Both phones are available from the Google Store, Carphone Warehouse and Curry’s PC World, EE, Argos and Mobile Phones Direct.

The figure is expected to exceed £1.1bn by the end of 2019

As consumers hold onto devices for longer mobile insurance sees a stark rise. 

Operator grows customer base despite having worst service in country

Pay monthly and mobile broadband customers who joined or upgraded from March 26 2014 will see a price increase of over four per cent by April

Prepaid the U11+ is available for £699 and U11 Life is £349 from HTC website

Gadget retail store invests £350,000 in expansion

General sale will be on September 13 for £499 in steel and blue

The latest flagship from HTC will be available to be bought outright or loan the device over six, 12 or 24 months

EE and Carphone Warehouse will sell the Xperia XZ Premium from June 2. Prepaid price is £649.99 from Carphone 

The proposed rules will have prices slashed every year until 2020/21

Operator says Ofcom must make the right decision in the interests of consumers and competition

All pay monthly customers will see costs for voice calls, multimedia messages, calls to premium rate numbers and some international calls will rise

Three complained about website promises that retailer would check prices so customers don’t have to

New trio of Spark devices go on sale from next month. British manufacturer is targeting two million sales by next year, up from 250,000 in its first

Operator confirms end of ‘Fixed Price Promise’ for new and existing customers

Study of mobile prices in 25 countries over a five year period concludes consumers could end up paying a fifth more for their contracts

Vodafone Group CEO questions wording of Three-owner’s promise to freeze prices if O2 takeover is approved

The price increase affects customers on ‘legacy tariffs’

Handsets with discounts include those from Samsung, Microsoft and Huawei

Customers will now pay between £249 and £549 for wearable, just three months after retailer began selling it

The increase will affect 380,000 customers currently taking out Three Rescue handset insurance

O2 and Vodafone said it will review decision after regulator trebled combined annual spectrum costs to almost £200 million

Totals fees that will be paid by operators for using 900 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum bands more than trebled to £200 million as part of regulator review

New measure means BT must maintain sufficient margin between its wholesale and retail charges for superfast broadband

Two operators have confirmed they are no longer taking new stock of BlackBerry’s first BB10 device, as price falls to around £150

Customers with ‘ultrafast’ handsets will initially get a faster version of 3G and, eventually, LTE for no extra cost

The retailer announced today that tablet sales have increased by 75 per cent since it cut prices as part of its Christmas offering

Retailer makes Apple smartphone available for free on O2, with unlimited minutes and text message allowances on Vodafone and Orange plans

The retailer will offer the iPad 3, Samsung Tab 2 and Nexus 32GB at lower prices than their high-street competitors

Colour variations of the HTC 8S, 8X, Nokia Lumia 820, Lumia 920 and Samsung Ativ S

New 16GB version of Apple handset will be available free on Orange on two-year contracts from £46 per month

Retailer offering the handset for the knock-down price for one week on its Talk Mobile MVNO

Price of iPad 2 reduced by a further £30-£50 at Carphone Warehouse

The Carphone Warehouse announces BlackBerry Playbook’s will be cut by up to 58 per cent until February 7

Hundreds of pounds cut from prices of all three models of RIM tablet in UK and US