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Virgin Media PAYG tariff means top-ups go further
For existing VM customers 6 September 2011 13:33 GMT TweetVirgin Media has announced the launch of Addict Extra tariff, a brand new Pay As You Go (PAYG) offering designed to enable Virgin Media to get the best deal on texts, minutes and mobile web.
If you're a customer and currently have your home...
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T-Mobile renames U-Fix plan, adds a You and 12-month contract
Pay As You Monthly 1 August 2011 11:18 GMT TweetT-Mobile has updated its long running Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go combo service called You Fix.
It now includes automatic low PAYG mins and text reminder messages, editable allowance thresholds on My T-Mobile and text messages informing you...
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Tech deals: Virgin Media delivers £25 6-month data package on PAYG
1GB a month 2 June 2011 13:07 GMT TweetVirgin Media has knocked together an interesting little deal which will offer PAYG customers a wad of web data for 25 quid over a 6 months.
"Once purchased the voucher can be activated whenever the customer needs to give six months of continuous...
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Vodafone Smart: Android 2.2 smartphone on PAYG
Successor to Vodafone 845 16 May 2011 10:28 GMT TweetVodafone is adding a new entry level smartphone to its European line-up, and it's going to offer the handset on pay-as-you-go only in the UK.
The Vodafone Smart is, essentially, the successor to the Vodafone 845, and runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo). It...
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Three introduces unlimited data on PAYG
No fair-usage policy 7 March 2011 11:17 GMT TweetThree has announced its all-you-can-eat data package on pay as you go, in a move which should prove popular as the data is not subject to any fair usage policies.
Although better now than a few years ago, mobile companies are still guilty of...
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Tech deals: Vodafone brings 1000 minutes free calls to PAYG
Another price plan for Freebees 1 February 2011 13:00 GMT TweetVodafone UK has introduced a new PAYG price plan, which gives free calls to anyone you speak to who also happen to be on the Vodafone network.
Adding to the recently announced "Top Up and Get Text and Web", and "Top Up and Get International",...
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Tech deals: Tasty mobile offering from Carphone Warehouse
Come dine with me 20 January 2011 13:00 GMT TweetShort of kidnap, it seems mobile carriers will try anything to get you onto some kind of contract or PAYG scheme, and this one from the Carphone Warehouse hopes that a way to your mobile heart is through your stomach.
The Carphone Warehouse...
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Tech deals: Orange Tiny Top Ups for cash-poor customers
Pay As You Go service launched 18 January 2011 13:26 GMT TweetAfter the consumer binge that now blights Christmas, a lot of us, unsurprisingly, are feeling the pinch - however the good samaritans at Orange have launched Tiny Top Ups, which is a new service that lets Pay As You Go customers top up using their...
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10 reasons to go PAYG
FEATURE Should you be a topper upper? 13 November 2010 11:00 GMT TweetA lot of contract phone users get all sniffy about PAYG. There’s a certain reputation of it being something for kids or for people who don’t have jobs and anyone sending out the SMS "can you call me back, I’ve run out of credit?"...
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The best free stuff on PAYG
FEATURE Which network offers the most bonus bang for your buck 12 November 2010 11:27 GMT TweetPAYG is a many headed creature. It’s strong, resilient, ever-growing, flexible and utterly unfathomable to the technology journalist. It is the Hydra and it could only take a truly herculean effort to tackle, master and eventually understand....
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All the colours of the PAYG rainbow
FEATURE Handsets in every hue 11 November 2010 10:44 GMT TweetWe've already taken you through the best smartphones on PAYG as well as the top budget PAYG handsets, but what if you're after something a little bit different? The colour of your phone might be the very last thing that you consider when shopping for...
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10 best bargain PAYG phones
FEATURE Perfect handsets for Christmas 10 November 2010 13:16 GMT TweetWe've already brought you the 10 best smarphones available on PAYG, but what if you're after something a little bit more affordable? Maybe you're in the market for a budget handset for yourself, or you're thinking about getting them for the kids for...
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The 10 best smartphones on PAYG
FEATURE How to rock the apps and top up at the same time 9 November 2010 17:37 GMT TweetPay as you go is an oft overlooked way of running your mobile life if you're thinking of buying a smartphone, but that's not the way it has to be. There's no reason one can't combine a big flashy handset with paying for minutes, texts and data on one's...
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Vodafone splashes the BlackBerry love for PAYG users
Three handsets available 3 November 2010 11:55 GMT TweetVodafone has just announced a bevy of BlackBerry smartphones that will now be available to PAYG customers.
This could be good news for any BlackBerry fans interested in the Vodafone Freebees price plans that the company launched recently,... -
Tech deals: Vodafone Freebees for pay as you go customers
Two new price plans 2 November 2010 13:10 GMT TweetVodafone UK has introduced two new Vodafone Freebees for its pay as you go customers giving free texts and web access, or free international calls when you top up as little as £10.
The new price plans look to be offering some pretty decent...
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