Telecoms giant BT is to raise call charges for residential customers by up to 5% on 3 December - the second increase this year.
UK landline calls will go up from 7.6p a minute to 7.95p a minute. Line rental prices will also rise, but calls to mobiles will be unchanged. The changes come after a 10% rise in call charges a year ago, and a 9% increase in April. But BT said these prices would now be frozen until 2013.

In July, BT group said profits before tax in the three months to 30 June were up 20% to £533m, driven by demand for home broadband products.

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Under the changes, the cost of line rental for a customer paying by direct debit will rise by 70p to £14.60 a month. Evening UK calls will go up from 1p a minute to 1.05p a minute. The call set up fee, which is a one-off charge for a call outside of a customer's plan, goes up from....Read more on this story----> BBC News - BT to increase phone call charges by 5%