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class="dcr-1eu361v">Analysis published by the Guardian today reveals that six companies controlling most of the telecoms market all charged a 3.9 percentage point supplement on top of their annual inflation-linked increases this year.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">The practice means millions of customers have faced mid-contract price increases of up to 17.3%, which economists said risked prolonging the cost of living crisis and adding to the pressure on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/bankofenglandgovernor" data-link-name="in body link">Bank of England</a> to raise interest rates.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Labour accused the government of being “asleep at the wheel” on broadband pricing, while the telecoms regulator Ofcom responded by saying it was “taking a close look” at the issue “to consider whether tougher protections are needed”.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Morgan Wild, head of policy at Citizens Advice, said: “We called on firms to support their customers during this incredibly challenging time, but many chose not to listen and instead pushed on with price rises.”</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">This year’s charges have generated billions of pounds in extra revenue for providers, according to estimates by the price comparison website Uswitch, while hitting the average customer with an annual bill increase of £222 for broadband and £114 for mobile.</p><gu-island name="InteractiveBlockComponent" priority="critical" deferUntil="idle" props="{"url":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2023/06/telecom-zip/giv-13425bRMYaPh2LoUp/","scriptUrl":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe-wrapper/0.1/boot.js","alt":".","format":{"design":0,"display":0,"theme":0},"elementId":"798772ee-2c66-453a-ad8d-fa3c2574faf8","isMainMedia":false}"><figure id="798772ee-2c66-453a-ad8d-fa3c2574faf8" data-alt="." data-testid="interactive-element-." data-spacefinder-role="inline" class="element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-w422y2"><div data-name="placeholder" class="dcr-ri3hap"><div class="dcr-1h7eqaz"></div></div><a data-name="placeholder" href="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2023/06/telecom-zip/giv-13425bRMYaPh2LoUp/" class="dcr-1eupayo">.</a></figure></gu-island><p class="dcr-1eu361v">The biggest increases were for mobile phone customers of Virgin Media O2, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/o2-virgin-mobile-costumers-bills-increase" data-link-name="in body link">which imposed a rise of up to 17.3% in April</a> – 3.9 percentage points on top of the retail price index (RPI), which stood at 13.4% in January, the reference month it uses. The RPI is typically higher than the consumer price index measure of inflation, which most other telecoms operators use, and was at 10.1% in the same month.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">The practice of adding a 3.9 percentage point supplement began during the pandemic, when inflation was near zero. BT was the first mover in September 2020. Despite a surge in inflation over the following months, more and more providers have adopted price increases of inflation plus 3.9 percentage points, including Vodafone, Three, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/virginmedia" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="auto-linked-tag">Virgin Media</a> O2. Smaller suppliers Tesco Mobile and iD Mobile have also done so. As of this spring, the model is being used by at least six companies across 11 separate mobile and broadband brands.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Andrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee, said regulators appeared to have been “caught napping” by the practice and called for tougher action to stop firms ripping off consumers.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">“Where has this 3.9% come from? It seems to be uniform across the industry – which is the sort of thing a regulator should be concerned about. They have been caught napping by the shift up in inflation.”</p><gu-island name="InteractiveBlockComponent" priority="critical" deferUntil="idle" props="{"url":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/atoms/2020/08/table-tool/embed/app/main.html?spreadsheet=1NJKFBHcJ33XWoVPE9JYt0stSHVUHk2lCj5EcdAcBsG4","scriptUrl":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe-wrapper/0.1/boot.js","alt":".","format":{"design":0,"display":0,"theme":0},"elementId":"3d1fa6fe-d3f5-40b1-9a42-eef804b3f86c","caption":"<em>Note: *from Apr 2023<br>** from Jul 2023</em>","isMainMedia":false}"><figure id="3d1fa6fe-d3f5-40b1-9a42-eef804b3f86c" data-alt="." data-testid="interactive-element-." data-spacefinder-role="inline" class="element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-w422y2"><div data-name="placeholder" class="dcr-ri3hap"><div class="dcr-1h7eqaz"></div></div><a data-name="placeholder" href="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/atoms/2020/08/table-tool/embed/app/main.html?spreadsheet=1NJKFBHcJ33XWoVPE9JYt0stSHVUHk2lCj5EcdAcBsG4" class="dcr-1eupayo">.</a><figcaption data-spacefinder-role="inline" class="dcr-1fujct4"><span class="dcr-1inf02i"><svg width="18" height="13" viewBox="0 0 18 13"><path d="M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z"></path></svg></span><span class="dcr-1qvd3m6"><em>Note: *from Apr 2023<br>** from Jul 2023</em></span></figcaption></figure></gu-island><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Jeremy Hunt is to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/26/jeremy-hunt-ask-uk-regulators-investigate-firms-exploiting-price-rises-inflation" data-link-name="in body link">hold meetings with regulators on Wednesday</a> to ask them what they are doing about any companies exploiting rampant inflation by raising prices, including the Competition and Markets Authority and Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Mid-contract price rises usually take effect in March or April each year and apply to all customers on contracts with relevant terms, regardless of when they signed up to the deal, affecting millions of consumers across Britain. Contracts tend to last between one and two years, and customers typically must pay a penalty if they leave before the contract expires. But many are being asked to sign up without the guarantee of a fixed price.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Ofcom does not regulate prices in the broadband and mobile retail markets, where it says the choice of providers offers enough competition, but it can intervene where a provider has significant market power. It <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/09/mobile-broadband-prices-uk-above-inflation-rises-bills" data-link-name="in body link">launched a review of mid-contract rises</a> in February after finding that one-third of customers did not know whether their provider could hike prices.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Labour said it would ban mid-contract price rises. Lucy Powell, the shadow culture secretary, said: “It’s increasingly clear that government has been asleep at the wheel when it comes to broadband price increases.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">“The eye-watering rises we have seen are a direct result of their wrong approach to competition in the broadband market which is harming consumers, hitting families struggling with the cost of living crisis, and contributing to the worsening economic outlook.”</p><figure data-spacefinder-role="inline" data-spacefinder-type="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement" class=" dcr-173mewl"><a data-ignore="global-link-styling" href="#EmailSignup-skip-link-18" class="dcr-jzxpee">skip past newsletter promotion</a><aside aria-label="newsletter promotion" class="dcr-av5vqf"><div class="dcr-10et71f"><p class="dcr-rsfwa">Sign up to <span>Business Today</span></p><div class="dcr-9ypm66"><div class="dcr-ibdtyj"><div class="dcr-1hwoqtr"><svg viewBox="-3 -3 30 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M18.364 2H5.636v5.68H3.43L2 9.29l9.048 7.504h1.904L22 9.289 20.571 7.68h-2.207zm-1.819 5.68v-.946h-9.09v.946zm0-3.787h-9.09v.947h9.09zM2 20.58v-8.994l9.048 6.627h1.904L22 11.586v8.994L20.571 22H3.43zM7.455 9.574h9.09v.947h-9.09z"></path></svg></div><span class="dcr-tx2qx">Free daily newsletter</span></div></div></div><p class="dcr-1xjndtj">Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning</p><gu-island name="SecureSignup" priority="feature" deferUntil="visible" props="{"newsletterId":"business-today","successDescription":"Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning"}"><form id="secure-signup-business-today" class="dcr-kfi215"><label for="P0-2" class="dcr-0"><div class="dcr-1qn103b">Enter your email address </div></label><input type="email" id="P0-2" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby required name="email" class="dcr-dpem99"/><button type="submit" aria-live="polite" class="dcr-zll6x8">Sign up</button></form></gu-island><span class="dcr-1eusqlu"><strong>Privacy Notice: </strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. 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However, in recent months, we’ve seen more providers move to an inflation-based calculation, limiting customers’ choice of contracts that are not subject to these price rises.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">“We’re taking a close look at these issues to consider whether tougher protections are needed.”</p><gu-island name="InteractiveBlockComponent" priority="critical" deferUntil="idle" props="{"url":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/atoms/2020/08/table-tool/embed/app/main.html?spreadsheet=1u6HrbYghMkga07JgOgemtcs-1wgQiWGPO56bTFePq-s","scriptUrl":"https://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe-wrapper/0.1/boot.js","alt":".","format":{"design":0,"display":0,"theme":0},"elementId":"814f714e-4ab3-424c-9d48-12588afc613d","caption":"<em>Note: *for out-of-contract customers<br>**£1 monthly increase applied on out-of-contract customers, Feb 2023<br>***6 month freeze, announced Mar 2023</em>","isMainMedia":false}"><figure id="814f714e-4ab3-424c-9d48-12588afc613d" data-alt="." data-testid="interactive-element-." data-spacefinder-role="inline" class="element element-interactive element--inline element-inline dcr-w422y2"><div data-name="placeholder" class="dcr-ri3hap"><div class="dcr-1h7eqaz"></div></div><a data-name="placeholder" href="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/atoms/2020/08/table-tool/embed/app/main.html?spreadsheet=1u6HrbYghMkga07JgOgemtcs-1wgQiWGPO56bTFePq-s" class="dcr-1eupayo">.</a><figcaption data-spacefinder-role="inline" class="dcr-1fujct4"><span class="dcr-1inf02i"><svg width="18" height="13" viewBox="0 0 18 13"><path d="M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z"></path></svg></span><span class="dcr-1qvd3m6"><em>Note: *for out-of-contract customers<br>**£1 monthly increase applied on out-of-contract customers, Feb 2023<br>***6 month freeze, announced Mar 2023</em></span></figcaption></figure></gu-island><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Chris Pike, head of digital markets at Fideres, a global economics consultancy which investigates corporate and financial matters, said: “This is not the sort of stuff that should be happening in a competitive market.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">“Whether this is explicitly agreed, or whether this is tacit – in the sense they all see what they’re doing and follow it – each of those can be a competition problem.”</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">Telecoms firms argue price increases are vital for funding investment in their networks amid surging demand for broadband and mobile services, as more people shop and work remotely, and stream data-intensive TV, film and music.</p><p class="dcr-1eu361v">They also highlight that consumers can shop around for a cheaper deal or haggle for better terms. The industry also provides cheaper social tariffs for people on benefits. 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