Friday, May 22, 2009

Mobile: UK mathematicians have developed a price comparison site for tariffs

[bbc] Mathematicians and scientific advisers from Oxford University have helped develop a price comparison website for mobile phone users.

BillMonitor has become the first mobile phone comparison site to be accredited by the communications regulator Ofcom.

The UK mobile market offers consumers more than three million deals on over 119,078 tariffs.

The site is financed by commissions on its recommendations and only takes account of some of the deals on offer.

Consumers supply details of their bills and the website analyses them for a tailored recommendation.

"Science has been put to work for struggling consumers in a free service to help them lower their bills," said Stelios Koundouros, co-founder of BillMonitor.

Academics tot up costs of mobiles
see also BillMonitor

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