Home phone news, Apr - Jun 2006

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Premium rate call scam stopped

29 June 2006

A company luring consumers to phone a premium rate line with misleading prize promotions has been stopped from continuing its activities.

EU signals intent to overhaul telephone market

28 June 2006

The European Commissioner for the telecoms industry has said that reform of the telecoms industry is long over due

EU could ease telecoms regulation

26 June 2006

Telecoms companies in Europe could soon face less regulation on prices under new draft plans drawn up by the European Union (EU), it has emerged.

New web service allows calls to any home phone

23 June 2006

Consumers can now call almost any home phone in the world using a new web calling service.

Nokia and Siemens merge network businesses

19 June 2006

Two major companies in the phone market are to merge in order to create one of the world's biggest phone network firms and offer fixed-line and mobile convergence deals.

New technology changing home phone future

16 June 2006

New technology looks set to change the way in which we use our fixed home phone number, according to new research.

England team phonecards launched

14 June 2006

The Post Office has launched three new England football team phonecards designed to help consumers save money on international calls.

Not enough phonebook competition says CC

13 June 2006

Poor competition is continuing in the phonebook market, with the overwhelming majority of consumers still only using the Yellow Pages, the Competition Commission (CC) has said.

TalkTalk now serious contender

07 June 2006

The Carphone Warehouse's TalkTalk home phone and broadband internet offering has become a serious competitor to BT, according to uSwitch.com.

Customers flock to TalkTalk

06 June 2006

The Carphone Warehouse has announced that it has already attracted 340,000 customers to its TalkTalk home phone package, which offers a free broadband connection.

Customers face delay for TalkTalk deal

05 June 2006

The Carphone Warehouse has said that it is struggling to keep up with demand from people wanting to sign up to its TalkTalk home phone offer, which includes free broadband.

Workers driving fixed/mobile convergence

31 May 2006

People using their mobile phones at work are helping to drive fixed-line and mobile convergence, according to a new report.

First Bluetooth home phone launched

26 May 2006

The UK's first home phone to feature Bluetooth wireless technology has been launched.

200,000 still complaining of home phone mis-selling

25 May 2006

Over 200,000 people have complained to BT during the past 12 months about underhand tactics used by some telecoms companies to make them switch their home phone deal.

BT to complete £1bn phone line upgrade

24 May 2006

The UK's most popular home phone provider BT has announced that it is to add 1,300 people to its workforce in order to complete its £1 billion upgrade of phone lines across the UK.

.Tel domain could lead to phone convergence

18 May 2006

The introduction of the internet domain .Tel has been welcomed by a London-based telecoms firm.

Over-50s offered free calls

16 May 2006

Saga has announced that it is offering a special home phone deal that will see it hand out free evening and weekend calls to customers for up to six months.

New Skype compatible home phone

15 May 2006

A US company is attempting to bridge the gap between home phone use and internet telephony by introducing a phone that can be used for both landline and internet calls.

Job losses rumoured at home phone provider

08 May 2006

Home phone provider ntl is reported to be on the verge of announcing thousands of job cuts, according to reports in several newspapers.

Ofcom reveals winners in bandwidth auction

03 May 2006

Telecoms regulator Ofcom today revealed the 12 winning companies in its auction of wireless bandwidth



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