Vodafone is developing a scheme to store details of the websites its customers have visited for up to 90 days.

The company says the scheme will allow its customers to keep track of how much of their mobile phone data allowance they are using on particular sites. This will help resolve billing disputes when customers believe they have been overcharged, it said.

Vodafone is ready to help store customers' web browsing history, according to evidence at a Senate inquiry on Friday. Credit:Glenn Hunt

Most telcos do not store such data and Telstra has indicated it has no plans to create such a scheme.

The Vodafone announcement comes as the federal government continues to consult on a scheme that would require telecommunications companies – and perhaps also social media companies – to store customer records defined as metadata for two years.