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23 December 2005
Toucan, the consumer telecoms subsidiary of technology group IDT, has become the first firm to take advantage of Ofcom's decision to allow wholesale line rental (WLR).
21 December 2005
Parents are paying about £70 a year for calls made by their offspring, according to a new survey by internet service provider Wanadoo.
20 December 2005
Consumers buying new handsets and signing up to new contracts this Christmas have been advised to be vigilant by telecommunications revenue assurance company Azure Solutions.
19 December 2005
Carphone Warehouse today purchased household phone company One.Tel from energy supplier Centrica for an estimated £154 million.
15 December 2005
BT today announced another hike in prices for line rental
12 December 2005
BT has announced a range of price cuts, including free calls over Christmas, as it seeks to dominate the broadband phone market.
09 December 2005
The average Briton spends four years of their working life on the phone, according to figures from communications firm Toucan.
07 December 2005
Home phone users will be casting a keen eye on European proposals to store details of all telephone calls - along with internet use - for between six months and a year in order to tighten the screw on terrorism.
06 December 2005
An India-based campany is to provide mobile phone services in Jersey.
25 November 2005
Pilot tests on new technology which would allow mobile and fixed-line phones to become one and the same have been undertaken in Denmark.
24 November 2005
Judicious use of the landline will cheer you up during the dark winter nights, according to a survey by the Post Office.
18 November 2005
Ofcom has been urged not to remove regulatory constraints from BT in the home phone and telecoms sector, despite the firm having signed up to a pro-competitive framework in September.
10 November 2005
A company which provides a range of home phone services, as well as digital TV and broadband facilities, as confirmed that it is considering a takeover approach.
09 November 2005
Ofcom is pressing for the cost of fixed landline rental to be cut, according to reports.
07 November 2005
Having last week been boosted by the news that silent calls from call centres are to be greeted with severe penalties, home phone users have been dealt a shot in the arm by the weighty punishment handed to a Welsh company which made thousands from unsolicited calls.
04 November 2005
Almost a quarter of drivers still use a hand-held mobile phone to make calls while behind the wheel, a survey has found - with the associated safety and legal risks serving as a reminder that it is better to make a call using your home phone before you set out.
03 November 2005
Conventional landline phone services will have been put out to pasture by a third of US and Europe customers by 2009, a report has claimed.
02 November 2005
Ofwat's measures to protect home phone users from silent calls coming from automated dialling devices in call centres have been welcomed by a leading provider of call centre technology solutions.
01 November 2005
Home telephone users have been lifted by the news that stiffer regulations to stop companies plaguing them with "silent" calls, generated by automatic dialling devices in call centres, are now in place.
27 October 2005
Landlines, so long the preserve of the home phone, are going out of fashion - according a survey of US consumers.