One of the great modern injustices about using your mobile will soon come to an end, thanks to regulator Ofcom formally decreeing that it wants to unify freephone numbers and make 0800 lines free to call from our mobiles. Read More >>

Stats released by UK network Vodafone show that the length of time we spend talking on our mobiles has fallen by half over the last five years, as we now mumble a short excuse and save the chatting for other communications channels and apps. Read More >>

People trying to get telephone helpline support from Capita's school IT department have been accidentally routed through to wrong numbers, some of which have been ads for sex chat phone lines. It's what Jimmy Savile would've wanted. Read More >>

One of the less touted features of the iPhone 5, but something that could really make a huge difference to call quality (you do actually call people still, right?), is HD voice calling (wideband audio). Unfortunately, not all networks support HD voice, so which ones will in the UK, and where can you get it on your shiny new iPhone 5? Read More >>

The shyness of the nation has been exposed by new data from communications regulator Ofcom, which has found that we'd much rather communicate by impersonal text message than go to the effort of making an actual voice call. Read More >>

O2 has launched a new bolt-on mobile package it's calling O2 Travel, which gives its monthly contract and pre-pay customers a cross-European bundle of calls and mobile data for a fixed price of £1.99 a day. Read More >>

O2 has launched a voice and messaging app under the odd name of Tu Me, which offers users of all mobile networks an alternate, free way to make and receive voice calls. Read More >>