Everything you need to know about the RPI Increase
The Retail Price Index (RPI) is a measure of inflation, which is the rate at which prices for goods and services are rising. The RPI rate is published by the Office for National Statistics.
Your monthly line rental cost will be adjusted each April by the RPI rate published in February. Price adjustments do not affect add-ons or additional charges.
For 2022, the RPI rate is +7.8%.
The RPI increase will apply if you've upgraded or purchased a new iD Mobile 24-month handset plan between the 1st of March 2020 and 1st of February 2022.
You'll also receive a text from us confirming the 7.8% increase, which will apply from your April bill.
You can use our handy calculator below to estimate your new monthly cost.
Tell us what you're currently paying each month (excluding add-ons or additional charges), and we'll show your new estimated monthly cost from April 2022 onward.
Note: If you're on an iD plan purchased before 1 March 2020, your plan costs won't be affected by this years' RPI price increase.
For more info, please view iD Mobile’s terms and conditions (clause 12.23).
The RPI is a measure of inflation. The figure is based on hundreds of items we spend money on, and it tracks changes in the cost of these items over time. It combines around 180,000 price quotes for over 650 representative items in 150 different areas across the UK. This is known as the 'basket of goods' and is regularly updated to reflect changes in the things we buy. Examples include food, drinks, clothing, cinema tickets, furniture, cars, public transport, holidays, telecoms, electricity and water.
The published RPI rate between January 2012 and January 2022 has ranged from 0.7% to 7.8%.
The annual rate of inflation shows how much higher or lower prices are compared with the same month a year earlier. So if the inflation rate is 3% in January, for example, prices are 3% higher than they were 12 months earlier. Or, to look at it another way, we need to spend 3% more to buy the same things.
We compare this to the annual change recorded in the previous month to get an idea of whether price rises are getting bigger or smaller. If the annual rate has risen from 3% to 4% from one month to the next, prices are rising at a faster rate, if the rate has fallen - say from 3% to 2% - prices of the things we buy are still higher, but haven't increased by as much.
For further information, including RPI figures and publication dates, go to www.ons.gov.uk