Disclaimer: The price comparison was carried out on the 30th of September 2008, including comparable Pay As You Go price plans on UK voice from Orange, O2, 3, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile.

The prices used were published on the Operators UK web sites. Not comparable price plans includes time limited offers and price plans with fixed monthly payments. The following special terms and conditions apply to the price plans shown in the chart:

Virgin Daily bonus: After the first 5 minutes of a standard UK call or texts, you will get the next 5 minutes or texts for free.

02 favourite place: You get free minutes to UK landlines and O2 mobiles any time of the day or night from a registered postcode when you top-up with at least £10 a month.

Orange/Dolphin: free texts to any network e.g. £10 top-up, get 300 free texts. Canary: free evening and weekend calls e.g. top-up with £10 and get 120 evening and weekend minutes.

Camel: Calls to over 50 countries from 5p per minute. Top up by £10 or more during weekdays and get £10 airtime credit for the weekend (must be used that following weekend only).

T-Mobile:Top-up £15 Monday-Sunday and get £15 free the following week. 

3: 30-day stretch packs: £10 gives 100 units for 10p; £15 gives 300 units for 5p; £20 gives 500 units for 4p; £25 gives 700 units for 3.6p. One unit equates to one text or a minute of a call.

Vodafone: Free Weekends: Spend £5 during the week and get free weekend calls and texts to any UK mobile network or landline. If you spend just £2.50 you still get free weekend texts to any UK mobile network. 30-day extras pack: 100 Anytime minutes for £15.00 makes calls 15p a minute. 200 Anytime minutes for £25.00 makes calls 13p a minute. Text packs: 70 texts for £5.00 or 7p per text; 200 texts for £10.00 or 5p per text; 500 texts for £15.00 or 3p per text; 675 texts for £20.00 or 3p per text.