Why going online on smartphones can be costly

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The BBC's Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones looks at how some people are getting unexpectedly large bills after going online on their smartphones.

Mobile phone firms have been warned by the Communications Ombudsman that they must do more to help people avoid getting big bills after going over their data tariff allowance.

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