19/01/2015

Mobile Customers To Share £1m Refund

Mobile provide EE is to refund around £1m to a number of customers wrongly charged VAT between October 2012 and October 2014.

It is understood that EE customers who travelled outside the EU during those dates and used internet data were affected by the charges. The company estimated it as being about 0.5% of its customers.

Refunds are expected to range between £2 and £80 per customer.

(MH/IT)

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