Vodafone will soon charge its pay-as-you-go customers by the minute rather than the second - a move that will raise the cost of most calls. It means a call lasting one minute and one second will now be charged as two minutes - costing 50p instead of 25p. The phone network said the change - which comes into force from 1 August - would "simplify" charges for its customers. Other networks, such as T-Mobile and Orange, also apply this billing method. Vodafone sent text messages to its pay-as-you-go customers notifying them of the change.....Read more here