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The BusinessMobiles.com Fair Price Index is an independent quarterly benchmark of UK business mobile pricing, built from 883 tariffs across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. The Q3 2026 edition sorts every device, data tier and contract length into five bands, so you can see instantly whether your deal is good: on a 36-month contract with unlimited data, that means under £21 a month for SIM only, or under £36 for an iPhone 17 (256GB). On an iPhone 17 Pro, the best and worst deals are nearly £800 apart across the term.
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Before you renew anything, pull your current line rental and match it to the right device, data tier and contract length in the index. If your price lands in Worth Reviewing or Probably Overpaying, that is your signal to compare the market rather than roll over the existing quote. For anything more than a couple of lines, send the bill to the BusinessMobiles.com specialist team; benchmarking a whole team by hand is slow, and pooled allowances and fleet discounts are where the real savings sit.
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This page explains what the Business Mobiles Fair Price Index is, how the five-band rating system works, and how to read it against your own contract. It includes a Q3 2026 snapshot showing what a good and fair price looks like for popular handsets and SIM-only plans, so you can see where your spend sits and what to aim for.
It also sets out where the data comes from and how the bands are calculated, so you can judge how much weight to give it. If you want the complete picture across every device and network, the full 46-page index is available at the end.
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Most UK businesses renew their mobile contracts without knowing whether the price is fair. The BusinessMobiles.com Fair Price Index for Q3 2026 changes that. We analysed 883 tariffs across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three and sorted them into five clear price bands, so you can check your monthly cost against the real market in seconds.
See what your phones, tablets, SIM-only and mobile broadband should cost in 2026, benchmarked across all four networks.
Unlike the consumer market, business mobile has no independent tool that shows what a contract should cost. Most businesses rely on a single quote from their existing provider, with no easy way to compare it against the wider market. So they renew, year after year, with no benchmark for whether the number in front of them is competitive or well above the odds.
The BusinessMobiles.com Fair Price Index exists to answer one question: what is a fair monthly price to pay for a business mobile contract?
To build it, we analysed 883 tariffs across all four UK networks. It covers handsets, SIM only, tablets and mobile broadband, on both 24-month and 36-month terms, at every data tier from 10GB to unlimited. Prices are checked against published network tariffs and partner pricing, with Vodafone manually verified in July 2026. The index is updated every quarter.
The prices quoted on this page are 36-month contracts with unlimited data. The full index covers 24-month terms and every data tier from 10GB up.
Every device and data-allowance combination is split into five bands. Each band is a pricing tier relative to the full range of tariffs we recorded for that exact specification.
To use it, find your device and data allowance, then compare your current monthly price against the band ranges shown for your contract length. Aim for the Excellent or Good Value bands. Fair is acceptable, but it usually means a better deal is out there.
The index does more than flag when you are overpaying. It shows what a genuinely good deal looks like, so you have a target to aim for. A good price for a business iPhone 17 (256GB) with unlimited data is under £36 a month on a 36-month term. Up to £45 is still fair, and over £49 is where you are probably overpaying.
The table below is business tariffs with unlimited data on a 36-month term. It shows the Excellent Value price to aim for, the Good Value band, the Fair Price band, and the point at which you are probably overpaying. All figures reflect new connections and new contracts.
| Device (unlimited data, 36-month) | Excellent value (under) | Good value | Fair price | Overpaying above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 17 (256GB) | £36 | £38 – £42 | £42 – £45 | £49 |
| iPhone 17 Pro (256GB) | £45 | £49 – £56 | £56 – £62 | £67 |
| iPhone 16 (128GB) | £31 | £34 – £39 | £39 – £44 | £48 |
| Samsung Galaxy S25 (128GB) | £31 | £37 – £40 | £40 – £42 | £44 |
| Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (256GB) | £42 | £51 – £53 | £53 – £54 | £56 |
| Google Pixel 10 (128GB) | £35 | £37 – £41 | £41 – £45 | £48 |
| Google Pixel 10 Pro (128GB) | £41 | £44 – £51 | £51 – £55 | £60 |
On a 24-month term the same phones cost more each month, because the handset is paid off over less time. With unlimited data, a good iPhone 17 deal is under £51, an iPhone 16 under £48, a Galaxy S25 under £43 and a Pixel 10 under £50.
SIM only is where the clearest benchmarks sit, because there is no handset cost muddying the monthly figure. On a 36-month business SIM in Q3 2026, here is the Excellent Value price to aim for, the Good Value band and the Fair Price band:
| Data allowance | Excellent value (under) | Good value | Fair price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10GB | £11 | £11 – £13 | £13 – £15 |
| 20GB | £14 | £14 – £16 | £16 – £18 |
| 50GB | £15 | £15 – £17 | £17 – £19 |
| 100GB | £20 | £20 – £22 | £22 – £24 |
| Unlimited | £21 | £21 – £26 | £26 – £27 |
A good unlimited-data business SIM is under £21 a month on 36 months. Over £34 and you are paying more than any equivalent deal we recorded this quarter.
A good price for an entry-level business iPad (A16, 128GB) is under £25 a month over 36 months, with a fair price up to about £32; the 256GB model is good value under £28. For mobile broadband, a good deal on a 5G router or hub comes in under £16 a month on a 36-month term, stays fair up to around £24, and over £26 is likely overpaying.
Two patterns in the data are worth calling out.
First, the gap between a good deal and a poor one is wide. On a 36-month term with unlimited data, the iPhone 17 Pro runs from Excellent Value at under £45 a month to over £67 for the same handset. Reaching the good end rather than the poor one is worth nearly £800 across the contract, for identical hardware.
Second, contract length moves the monthly price more than most businesses expect. On current flagships with unlimited data, a good price on a 36-month term is typically £12 to £17 a month lower than on 24 months, because the handset cost is spread over a longer period. Whether that suits you depends on how often you refresh devices, but it is a lever many businesses never weigh up.
The index is built from 883 tariffs across four networks: EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. It draws on direct network pricing and reseller pricing, with Vodafone manually verified in July 2026.
The bands are derived from the full tariff range for each device and data tier, with a baseline of Q1 2026 = 100. Excellent Value is the bottom 25% of prices recorded. Probably Overpaying is anything above the observed market maximum for that specification. Coverage spans SIM-only plans, handset contracts, tablet connectivity and mobile broadband, across 24-month and 36-month terms and multiple data allowances per device.
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Start with your current bill. Find the line rental you pay per connection, then match it to the right device, data allowance and contract length in the index. The band it falls into tells you where you sit against the market. If you would rather not do it by hand, our free bill analysis does the same job for you.
A few things trip businesses up. Comparing a 36-month price against a 24-month band will make a fair deal look cheap, or a cheap deal look unbeatable, so check the term. Data allowance matters too: paying an unlimited-data price for 20GB of actual usage is one of the most common ways we see businesses overspend. And a single quote from your existing provider is not a benchmark. It is one data point.
In our experience, the businesses that review before renewing rather than after are the ones that hold onto the savings. We typically see up to 45% off equivalent tariffs compared with going direct to the network, and around 15% saved on average simply by switching to a more appropriate tariff.
Your mobile plan probably isn’t working for you if any of these sound familiar.
The index tells you whether your price is fair. Getting to the best price, across a whole team, is where the BusinessMobiles.com specialist team comes in.
BusinessMobiles.com has been an independent business mobile specialist since 1999, working across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. Because we are not tied to a single network, our team of experts compares the whole market for you and shapes the deal around how your team actually uses its phones, rather than around one provider’s price list.
For a team of connections, that matters far more than for a single line. Allowances can be matched to real usage, heavy and light users can sit on different tariffs, and larger fleets attract discounts that rarely appear on a one-line quote. You also get a dedicated account manager handling everything from the first quote through to the switch, upgrades and renewals, a price match on any like-for-like business deal, and one point of contact for the whole account. In our experience, that is how businesses reach the Excellent Value bands rather than settling for Fair.
If you want the best price for your team rather than simply a fair one, talk to our Business Mobiles Specialist team. Send us your latest bill and we will benchmark every line against the index and show you exactly where the savings are.
Whether you need a single number or a full team of business mobiles, our experts will match you to the right setup – across all four UK networks.
The snapshot above is a fraction of what the index covers. The full 46-page edition from BusinessMobiles.com includes every iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel model, SIM-only plans across all tiers, iPad, Galaxy Tab and Microsoft Surface tablets, and the full mobile broadband range of hubs, routers, MiFi and USB modems, each with 24-month and 36-month bands at every data allowance.
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See what your phones, tablets, SIM-only and mobile broadband should cost in 2026, benchmarked across all four networks.
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It is an independent quarterly benchmark of UK business mobile pricing. For Q3 2026 it analyses 883 tariffs across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three, then sorts each device and data combination into five price bands so you can see whether your monthly cost is competitive or above the market.
Find your device, data allowance and contract length in the BusinessMobile.com quarterly price index, then compare your current monthly line rental against the bands. If you land in Worth Reviewing or Probably Overpaying, you are paying more than many or all comparable businesses, and it is worth getting fresh quotes before you renew.
Talk to our team of experts for a better price for all employees.
Yes. Every device has separate bands for 24-month and 36-month terms, because the monthly price changes significantly with contract length. On current flagships the 36-month term is typically £20 to £30 a month cheaper, as the handset cost is spread over a longer period.
On a 24-month business SIM in Q3 2026, a good (Excellent Value) monthly price is under £13 for 10GB, under £15 for 20GB, under £16 for 50GB, under £21 for 100GB, and under £22 for unlimited data. Fair prices run a little higher, up to £17, £19, £20, £25 and £28 respectively, and over £34 a month for unlimited is probably overpaying. Thirty-six-month plans run roughly £1 to £2 a month lower at each tier.
Business mobile is one of the few recurring costs with no public benchmark, which is exactly why renewal prices drift upward unchecked. The BusinessMobiles.com Fair Price Index gives you that benchmark, and a target. Check where your current contract lands before your renewal date, not after, aim for the Excellent or Good Value bands, and treat anything in Worth Reviewing or Probably Overpaying as a prompt to shop around. Download the full Q3 2026 index to see every device and network in detail, or send your bill to the BusinessMobiles.com specialist team and let them benchmark it for you.
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Katie du Plessis is Content Lead at BusinessMobiles.com, with eight years as a content writer and researcher and a habit of not stopping until she has a proper answer. She works directly with the specialist sales team – people who spend every day talking to IT managers, fleet administrators, and business owners about real contract decisions – and turns that knowledge into content that actually reflects how businesses buy mobile.
Her writing covers network and device comparisons, tariff news, contract management, and the kind of questions that don’t have tidy answers. If something’s worth digging into, she’s probably already halfway down the rabbit hole.
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