Mobile phone companies could be making up to £90 million a year by legally using "hidden" contract clauses to raise the cost of what should be fixed-rate tariffs, the consumer group Which? has warned.
The organisation has filed an official complaint to regulator Ofcom after an investigation found that 70% of people on fixed contracts did not know that network providers could increase prices during the lifetime of their contract.
It has launched a campaign, Fixed Means Fixed, calling for an end to price increases on mobile phone contracts, arguing they should stay the same price from start to finish of the contract."
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