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Closed Regulate mobile phone bundled contracts to stop hidden charges & data misselling

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Consumer request to regulate over-charging in 24 month bundled contracts, ensuring clearer, transparent pricing for both the phone and the tariff in the contract, ensuring customers can get access to their data consumption and aren’t overcharged for data they don’t need, or overpay for the phone.

consumers know they aren't getting the best deal http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-3517540/The-mobile-phone-rip-Confusing-tariffs-unclear-pricing-shoddy-sales-staff-mean-overpaying-130-phone-contracts.html
over £5bn per year being wasted by being on the wrong contracts https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/11/mobile-phone-users-wasting-5bn customers need have greater access and more control over their service contracts with the networks http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3973532/Millions-mobile-phone-users-able-ditch-supplier-mid-contract-t-signal-plan-MPs-beat-coverage-blackspots.html

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