Contel demands compensation for 'free' phone

- Telecom providers like KPN, T-Mobile and Vodafone have consumers who have purchased a mobile subscription with a free handset 'will compensate. That finds the foundation Contel, which began a hotline where victims can approach.

AD reported Thursday morning that already have reported more than a hundred people. The claim that hangs telecom providers overhead would be in the hundreds of millions to run, since, according to estimates at least two million Dutch have concluded such an 'Outlet Abbo.

Contel relies on a judgment of the Supreme Court in 2014. This showed that the 'free' phones when a subscription is actually a form of hire purchase. The unit value is included in the subscription price. Consumers paid so basically every month too, says Contel Thursday.