The TalkTalk Blog

Welcome to the TalkTalk blog. Here you'll find regular entries from our Chairman Charles Dunstone, our CEO Dido Harding and members of the TalkTalk team.

From the launch of free broadband in 2006 to the release of our innovative new myTalkTalk package, we're always thinking of ways to change the phone and broadband market for the better. Through the blog you'll be the first to hear any news.

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We'll also be letting you know about the issues shaping the industry and any new technology that gets us excited. Hope you enjoy it - we look forward to reading your comments.

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1 Stats from our network
Our network is one of the things that TalkTalk is proudest of. We’ve designed, built and now run the UK’s largest unbundled Next Generation Network with over 86% of our customers are on our network. As well as enabling us to provide great value for money phone and broadband services, it also allows us to carry our customers’ voice and data traffic more efficiently. We’re often asked about usage patterns so here are some recent statistics we thought we’d share. 		10-Aug-2011
13:33
2 Smartphone “addiction” a sign of the times?
Ofcom claims that we’re becoming a nation addicted to smartphones, following research released today which shows that a quarter of adults and nearly half of teens now own a smartphone. A key finding was that 37% of adults and 60% of teens admitted to being “highly addicted” to their smartphone device, such as an iPhone, [...] 		04-Aug-2011
10:21
3 TalkTalk launches two new mobile packages
Our customers are increasingly looking to get great value across broadband, mobile and their landline phone. Getting the right bundle is a sure way of saving money, so today we've launched our best ever mobile packages. Our new SIM-only mobile packages, combined with our 100 or 500 Mobile Minutes boosts, are great news for people that want to make and receive calls between mobiles and landlines. Put it together with TalkTalk Essentials broadband and it's a terrific 'triple play' bundle. 		06-Jul-2011
15:00
4 From snakes to angry birds: how mobile gaming got serious
Remember Snake? When I brought my first mobile phone, a Nokia 5110, this game was the premier ‘app’ of the day. The concept was simple: steer your snake around the screen at increasing speeds, eat dots (which make you grow), and don’t hit the walls or your tail. Like many easy-to-play but difficult-to-master games it [...] 		24-Jun-2011
09:15
5 Competitors behind the times when it comes to offering better value
We were interested to hear that BT was calling on its competitors to match its prices for landline calls to mobiles because at TalkTalk we more than match them - in fact, we’ve been offering much cheaper rates for some time and are still better value than BT even after this latest price change. 		25-May-2011
13:41
6 Making sure we’re always better value
Since TalkTalk started, we’ve consistently challenged ourselves to be the UK’s best value phone and broadband providers. Today, we’re proving our commitment to always deliver better value by reducing the prices of Essentials and Plus, whilst enriching our services. The cost of TalkTalk Essentials has been reduced from £6.99 to £6.50, while TalkTalk Plus has dropped [...] 		19-May-2011
08:33
7 Parents: waiting by the telephone?
We’re always looking for new ways to help our customers save money on their bills; something we know is even more important right now. This is why I’m especially pleased that with our new 500 Mobile Minutes Boost TalkTalk now offers the UK’s best value home phone to mobile calls (compared to BT, BT [...] 		17-May-2011
10:18
8 The death of the text message?
We were interested to read the Daily Mail’s article this week predicting the death of the text message within a generation. It chimes with similar predictions we made way back in 2009 about the eventual demise of email. Indeed the Daily Mail quoted from our report to suggest that both the text and the email may eventual slide into the technological dustbin of history. 		27-Apr-2011
16:42
9 TalkTalk goes mobile
Millions of people already receive our fixed line phone and broadband services, so the obvious next step for us was to offer mobile packages and allow our customers to use a TalkTalk phone or dongle on the go. 		02-Nov-2010
12:18
10 Save money with inclusive calls to UK mobiles
Yet another industry first for TalkTalk as we launch our new 100 Mobile Minutes Boost!   Available in October, new and existing customers can take advantage of 100 inclusive minutes a month to use from a TalkTalk landline to call UK mobiles. At just £2.93 a month, the 100 Mobile Minutes Boost gives you peace of mind [...] 		28-Sep-2010
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