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mobile phone charges
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4th October 2018 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Nothing – Mobile Phone Providers Who Make Money through silence
Do you have a mobile phone? If so, do you know how much you paid for your handset or are you still paying for it? Basically, there are two ways you can buy a mobile phone handset. You can either, i) buy one separately and then pay for your calls/texts/data via a SIM-only tariff, or […]
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21st April 2015 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Mobile multiplicity
The cell phone has become the adult’s transitional object, replacing the toddler’s teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging. Whatever reasons we all have for using mobile phones, more and more of us do so. In 2001, 75% of households had mobiles. Last year that figure had risen to 95%. Despite a reduction […]
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1st April 2015 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Mobile mischief
The cell phone has become the adult’s transitional object, replacing the toddler’s teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging. Whatever reasons we all have for using mobile phones, more and more of us do so. In 2001, 75% of households had mobiles. Last year that figure had risen to 95%. Despite a reduction […]
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14th April 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Don’t believe everything you read in the papers
‘Sun forces charity to ditch rip-off helplines’‘(headline on the Sun newspaper website 07 April 2014). Do they mean Citizens Advice?. Well, yes it seems they do. Imagine a 63 year old man – let’s call him Jim (an entirely fictitious character, so any resemblance to anyone alive or dead is coincidental) – calling a bureau […]
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26th July 2013 by manager in Campaigns
Travelling abroad? Want to avoid high mobile charges?
Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going. (Paul Theroux). As the holiday season reaches its peak, many people, be they tourists or travellers will be going abroad for their annual vacation. While technology in general and the Internet in particular have made the world smaller, accessing the Internet via mobile […]
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