Ofcom

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a handy guide on how to get the most from your mobile and home broadband connections while millions of us are working, studying, shopping and viewing at home.

New rules forcing phone, broadband and pay-TV companies to alert customers when their current contract is ending come into force.

O2, Sky, Three and Virgin already sell unlocked devices but some, including BT/EE and Vodafone, still sell handsets which can only be used on their services unless they are unlocked.

The capital already has 30 million phone numbers allocated across its existing (020) 3, 7 and 8 ranges but population growth means fewer than a million of these are currently unused and the current rate of new connections means they’re likely to all be allocated within a year.