An increase in competition between mobile phone companies led to a 17 per cent drop in the cost of mobile telephone services during 1999, according to figures from regulator Oftel. Industry analysts also believe that the wide scale introduction of pay-as-you-go services has contributed to the price reduction. An index of price changes for mobile telephony services last year is available at www.oftel.gov.uk.
An increase in competition between mobile phone companies led to a 17 per cent drop in the cost of mobile telephone services during 1999, according to figures from regulator Oftel. Industry analyst...
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