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UK telecom price rules face review as regulator pressed on mid-contract hikes

By Patricia Figueiredo ( November 27, 2025, 16:40 GMT | Insight) -- UK telecom price rules introduced in January could be revisited after ministers asked the communications regulator to review how transparency duties are working and whether the 30-day notice period gives customers enough time to exit when prices rise. In the wake of Ofcom criticism of O2’s recent mid-contract hikes, the technology and finance ministers have asked for an interim review by next spring and say they plan to meet telecom CEOs.UK telecom pricing rules introduced earlier this year could be subject to review soon as ministers called out regulator Ofcom on Thursday, asking it for an assessment of how price transparency duties are working in practice....

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