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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calls to Freephone numbers are already free from landlines, but will eventually be free from mobiles too, Ofcom has ruled. Luke Westaway Senior editor Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and ...

All freephone 0800 and 0808 numbers are now free to call from all phones, whether mobile or landline. The new freephone rates come into force today, 1 July, and apply to all UK mobile phone networks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Using an 0800 number can bring many different benefits to a business. One of the main benefits of an 0800 number is that it is free for your customers to call. Under recent legislation 0800 number are ...

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