The Ofcom report covers April to June of this year and reveals which UK mobile provider customers complained about the most and which is the worst mobile provider.

The worst mobile phone providers

At the top of the list for the most complaints was Virgin Mobile, with eight complaints per 100,000 customers. According to Ofcom, Virgin Mobile customers complained the most about their provider’s handling of complaints.

Other things Virgin Mobile customers complained about also included billing and pricing problems, faults and service issues.

The industry average of complaints per 100,000 customers is three.

These were the mobile phone providers who held above-average levels of complaints, according to Ofcom:

– Vodafone with six

– BT Mobile with six

The best mobile phone providers?

Coming in with the lowest number of complaints, according to Ofcom’s report, is Tesco Mobile, with just one complaint per 100,000 customers.

The other mobile phone providers whose number of complaints per 100,000 customers came in below average is:

– Sky mobile with two

– O2 with two

– iD Mobile with two

– EE with two

How to switch broadband providers

If you’re looking to make the switch but don’t know where to start, Ofcom offers the following advice:

– Check your contract to see if you’ve been with your provider long enough to switch without paying a penalty

– If you bought your phone from the provider, you should also have the option of keeping it after you switch (if you’ve completed your contract), but keep in mind that it might be locked to that network. Mobile providers have different policies and processes for unlocking phones, so you’ll need to check with your provider

– If you want to keep your number when you switch providers, you can easily do so by requesting your PAC number from your current provider. Just text PAC to 65075 and your providers should reply to the text quickly. You then need to give the code to your new provider and they’ll arrange for the switch to be completed.