TalkTalk puts aside £25m to add more customers as demand soars November 11, 2014 TalkTalk is planning to invest up to £25m in acquiring more customers in the second half of the year, as demand for its broadband, TV, mobile and fixed-line telephone packages continued to increase during the first half of 2014. Chief executive Dido Harding told City A.M. the spend was “a thoroughly good thing… We’re actually [...]
Scottish independence: BT, TalkTalk, EE, Telefonica, Vodafone and Three warn of increased costs if Scots vote Yes September 14, 2014 Six of Britain's leading telecoms companies are the latest to warn of potential price rises if Scotland votes Yes to independence. The chiefs of BT, TalkTalk, EE, Telefonica UK, Vodafone UK and Three UK have issued a joint letter warning that the uncertainty around regulation and spectrum allocation, which mobile networks use to operate, could [...]
TalkTalk retains TV crown as its user base soars July 23, 2014 TALKTALK’S YouView TV offering continues to outpace the growth of both BT’s and Sky’s TV services, adding 185,000 subscribers in the first quarter and taking its TV customer base to more than 1.1m. The FTSE 250-listed firm reported its sixth consecutive quarter of year-on-year revenue growth during the three months to 30 June, with total [...]
New directors join Bank of England court from Experian, TalkTalk and Drax July 21, 2014 Three business heavyweights were yesterday hired as non-executive directors on the court of the Bank of England, the Treasury has announced. Controversial Experian chairman Don Roberts has been given one of the positions. He faced a shareholder rebellion earlier this month, as a series of investors objected to his move from chief executive to chairman of the credit data [...]
TalkTalk teams up with Sky to square up to BT April 15, 2014 TALKTALK and Sky will bypass BT’s national fibre broadband network, which they complain overcharges and under-delivers, with a trial of their own dedicated fibre network in York. Sky and TalkTalk will both plough £5m into the new joint venture, in partnership with CityFibre, which they say will surpass speeds offered by BT. “This is a [...]
TalkTalk customer base hits 4m as it signs new Sky Sports deal February 4, 2014 TALKTALK will begin offering its customers £9.99 pay-per-day access to Sky’s sport channels as part of a new three year wholesale deal with the satellite broadcaster. The deal was announced along with TalkTalk’s third quarter results which showed a 5.1 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to £436m, and 175,000 new TV customers during the [...]