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Mobile phone contracts may be a bit more complicated in UK than your home country. The major service providers are O2, Orange, Vodafone, Virgin, Three and T-Mobile and the two major mobile phone dealers are Phone4you and Carphonewarehouse which are located all of them in City Centre. You will normally get a free phone with any 18 months contract. The higher the monthly payment is, the more likely you will get a better phone. However, the current regulations need proof of permanent address proof usually a letter from the University, credit card statement or a letter from the bank and passport before you can signed a contract. Some shops will not offer a contract to students who stay in UK for less than three years. For students who have just arrived, it is advisable to get a pay as you go sim card from any provider and only get a contract after you have a British bank account.

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