Telcos propose changes after watchdog finds some spending $48/month too much on mobile 8 Mar, 2021 08:45 PM 3 minutes to read Phone bosses have pledged to send their customers annual spending summaries - plus a prompt to change plans if there's a cheaper deal that meets their needs. They also say they will release a comparison tool to make it easier to compare plans between providers. Read More The changes are on the way after a shove from a regulator. In September last year, the Commerce Commission released an analysis of 80,000 mobile phone bills that found: Advertisement • A quarter of post-paid (contract) consumers could save an estimated average of $11.60 a month by moving to a cheaper plan that would still cover their usage.