At the beginning of 2025, Ofcom announced a ruling that banned mid-contract price rises linked to inflation, to ensure greater price transparency for mobile, broadband and TV customers.
This ruling refers to consumer contracts, however in the spirit of transparency, the networks that Connection Technologies work with have adopted some of the same principals, mainly stating any future price rises in exact monetary terms at the point of sale, ensuring that customers know the exact costs throughout the duration of their contract.
What this means for you is as follows:
Vodafone and EE will continue to follow a CPI and RPI linked increase. The CPI is published in January each year which is then added to an additional increase which accounts for the RPI.
O2 have opted to follow a fixed fee increase of £1.50 every April, for the duration of the contract.
Three will be following a tiered approach based on the value of the monthly contract fee. Monthly rentals of £0.01 – £9.99 will increase by 50p every April for the duration of the contract. Monthly rentals of £10.00 – £20.00 will increase by 75p every April for the duration of the contract. Monthly rentals of £20.01+ will increase by £1.50 every April for the duration of the contract.
For the latest increases, always refer to your network providers website.