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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

BIZARRE: Uk broadband and mobile users brace for above inflation mid contract hikes - You Need To See This

Shoppers pass a Vodafone store in London
Shoppers pass a Vodafone store in London. The provider plans to add 3.9 percentage points to the rate of December’s CPI on to customers’ bills. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

The UK’s biggest telecoms providers are lining up above-inflation price increases for broadband and mobile customers that will add almost £500m to consumers’ bills from next spring, according to a new estimate.

BT, EE, Vodafone, Virgin Media O2 and TalkTalk are to increase bills for more than 22 million broadband and mobile phone customers under “mid-contract” price rise clauses from April and May next year.

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