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, ...

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 ...

Freephone 0800 numbers could be free to all callers and the cost of special numbers such as 0845 and 0870 made easier to understand. Communications regulator Ofcom wants to shake up the way callers ...

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 ...

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UK telecom regulatory agency Ofcom has outlined a proposal to eliminate charges for cellphones calling toll-free 0800 lines, requiring them to be treated the same as landlines. UK telecom regulatory ...

Mobile users can call 0800 numbers and any other 080 number for free from Wednesday, as part of a massive shakeup to the telecoms industry by the regulator. The change means it no longer costs those ...

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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Before dialling an unfamiliar service number, many of us feel an overwhelming sense of dread. Not just for 0800 and 0808 "freephone" numbers, which are now free to call from a mobile, but numbers ...