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TalkTalk Introduces Fresh Service Targeting Home Movers

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:33 +0000

TalkTalk, a subsidiary of the newly emerged communications giant in the UK â€“ Carphone Warehouse, is a cheap broadband supplier operating in the UK. Recently, with the acquisition of the Tiscali UKâ€™s assets it had elevated itself to the status of the second largest broadband provider in the country. Earlier it had acquired AOL Broadband as well.

Meanwhile, their TalkTalk broadband service was kept unmerged with any of the other entities acquired by them, and has been developing as a reliable broadband provider that offered cheap user-friendly broadband services. The TalkTalk has once again come into the limelight by introducing a new service that reduced the expenditure for the home movers on setting up a broadband connection.

TalkTalk Home Mover, as the new service is widely known, slashes the establishment cost of a broadband connection for the fresh customers into half at GBP59.99. This is virtually an interesting move considering that the rate for the same service of BT is GBP120. Moreover, TalkTalk has also introduced more goodies for its existing consumers in the new service such as a lower price of GBP29.99 exclusively for the existing subscribers of the ISP.

According to TalkTalk, this service was expected to make convenient the moving process, as previously the consumers moving house to an area pertaining to a non-optic fibre network, had to sign up to BT firstly, before switching to any other ISP. TalKTalk also believed that there was widespread discontent amongst the moving consumers for being forced to sign up for a one-year broadband contract with BT.Find broadband comparison deals, offers and checkout exclusive broadband availability checker.

Virgin Media and C&W sign a business deal

broadband analyst — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:14:36 +0000

Virgin Media, the major broadband provider in the UK, signed a four-year deal with Cable & Wireless (C&W) to extend its services to its off net customers as well as new customers. Presently, Virgin media offers its bundled services that include broadband, phone and television services to half of all

UK households. This agreement is ‘an important step towards making Virgin Media a truly national brand , quoted Chief Operating Officer Neil Berkett. As per the deal, the British Telecoms company will make its wholesale broadband service available for Virgin Media to access 4 million additional households in

UK.Neil Berkett further commented: “It lays a foundation for us to provide our unique quadplay services to the 50 percent of households outside our cable network.”Virgin Media which was formed in March, 2006 after the merger of NTL Inc and Telewest broadband, has a customer base of more than three millions. It has introduced many innovations in marketing strategies including simplified tariffs and special offers to compete with other major

UK broadband providers like BT, SKY and Tiscali. However, Virgin Media’s ongoing dispute with BSkyB has resulted in removal of sky channels from its cable network and the consequent loss of its customer base. C&W owns the largest broadband network in the

UK after BT broadband service. After it has sold its retail section of its broadband services, presently its network covers four million households in the UK.

Pipex announces the closure of Bulldog call centres

broadband analyst — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:27:33 +0000

Pipex, the first UK broadband provider to offer WiMAX in the

, is expected to shut Bulldog call centers. Its management denied the plans to enter offshore but would strive to become a niche player in the UK broadband industry with an aim to provide best and fastest broadband service to UK customers run by UK staff.Pipex, which has a customer base of more than 1.1 million customers after it has purchased 118,000 customers of Bulldog (a subsidiary of Cable and Wireless) has been facing a fierce competition thanks to the innovative marketing strategies by other major broadband providers like TalkTalk and Sky. It is worthwhile to note that Pipex has both its own LLU lines and BT lines for which it pays substantial rental to BT due to its increasing home phone customers. Pipex also has achieved good level of penetration as far as residential broadband connections are concerned. However, Pipex has been recently coming up with new strategies to become a big player in the SME sector.Last month, Pipex released its annual financial results which were below expectations. Profit before tax fell to Â£4.8m from previous year’s figure of Â£5, down by more than 8 percent. Operating margins also saw a downfall with a decline of nearly 7 percent on-year-on basis. Pipex indicated that the costly acquisition and its payments to BT towards LLU usage have significantly cut the profits during the last financial year. As a positive sign, the customer base of Pipex crossed half-a-million mark thanks to the new acquisitions while the losses exceeded Â£17m.With the recent announcement, Pipex is about to stop services at the Bulldog call centres within three months. In a similar fashion, last month Pipex reported its intention to remove 19 staff of its customer service division from their positions. While these developments within Pipex may affect the quality of its customer service, Pipex management appears quite unruffled by this issue.

186k Ltd buys broadband business from NetServices

broadband analyst — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:38:37 +0000

186k Ltd, a

UK telecom provider of converged voice and data networks has purchased the consumer broadband wholesale business of NetServices (AIM:NSV) for a price of Â£1.085 million. Of the total amount, 186k Ltd will pay Â£300,000 now and rest of the amount will be paid in instalments to NetServices until the end of this year.As per the agreement, 174 wholesale broadband reseller contracts will be transferred from NetServices to 186k Ltd. By this acquisition, nearly 23,000 end user lines will come under the network of 186k Ltd. The transferred contracts which worth Â£4.5m has been included in the NetServices’ consolidated audited revenues for the year ended 31 August 2006Mark Vickers, Chief Executive of NetServices has said:
“I am delighted that we have been able to reach agreement with 186k for the transfer of these contracts. 186k will continue to service the transferring clients over our proprietary portal, CCP, to ensure that they are serviced as well in the future as they have been by NetServices to date. The broadband deals reduce our exposure to the consumer broadband business and will enable NetServices to focus completely on our strategic aim of being a leading supplier of converged voice and data infrastructure solutions.”In addition, 186k Ltd will find themselves liable for BT central pipes and five NetServices employees. It is also agreed between the two companies that Netservices will remain owners of 23 profitable reseller contracts which will be managed by 186k for a month’s time as per mutual revenue sharing arrangement.

Free Broadband Access for Orange Mobile Plan Holders

RM — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:22:25 +0000

There are a number of service providers who might be offering cheap broadband, but who would pass up for a free UK broadband service? Yes, there is still such a thing as free- but with a few strings attached. Orange is giving away free broadband Internet access for their mobile plan holders. New and existing customers with 18 months pay per month mobile plans that cost a minimum of Â£30/ month are eligible to avail of this free service.

The UK Broadband Starter plan comes with up to 2 megabytes of speed. It also has 2 gigabytes of bandwidth usage allowance. It comes with a free web mail, now you can access your e-mail wherever and whenever you need it. An added plus, you can even set up your own web site. The package includes 150MB free web space and a quick beginner’s guide.

A few things that you should have on your checklist before availing of this free service. You should have a phone line and a computer with a CD-Rom drive, a USB port, and with an OS of Mac OS8.6-OS X or Windows 2000, XP or 98/98SE.

Set-up is a breeze. You would be provided a CD where you would follow simple step-by-step procedures to complete the set-up. The package comes with a free USB modem too.

McAffee, the leader in Internet security, also teams up with Orange and offers its subscribers a free McAfeeÂ® Privacy Service. You can now protect your personal files stored in your computer and keep your computer away from unwanted spy wares. If you wanted to purchase the McAfee Internet Security Suite, Orange subscribers get a 20% off the retail price.

Orange also provides a capable support team that can help you if there’d be any problems with your connection. They offer free comprehensive online support. If you call customer support through phone, it would cost you the usual national call rates or up to 7p/min. if you call from a BT line. You can get in touch with expert technical support team at 50p/min.

For Orange customers, a cheap UK broadband service is definitely hard to pass up. Go ahead and try this service. Why think twice? It’s free!