Home phone News archive

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Virgin Media home phone customers drive mobile growth (27-07-11)

Landline rewards bring in 45,000 contract customers in the second quarter.

Speaking clock celebrates its 75th birthday (25-07-11)

The UK’s first pre-recorded telephone information service now notches up around 30 million calls a year.

Half of European home phones purchased as part of a bundle

Resolving complaints to get easier for home phone customers (22-07-11)

Providers must notify consumers about dispute resolution services from today.

Consumers unhappy with home phone companies (21-07-11)

Landline customer care lacking, Ofcom research reveals.

Half of European home phones purchased as part of a bundle (15-07-11)

Cost and convenience considered the main advantages of bundling.

Sky halts home phone price hikes (12-07-11)

Home phone provider puts landline prices on ice until August 2012.

Older people stay loyal to landlines (08-07-11)

Over-65s will stick with their home phones, despite most of the UK preferring mobiles.

New roaming charges cut the cost of calling home (05-07-11)

New European Commission rules cut the cost of calling home from your mobile.

Brits spend £750m a year calling home from hotels (28-06-11)

Checking in with loved ones from abroad has a “big impact on wallets”.

Virgin Media line rental to hit £13.90 (20-06-11)

Virgin Media line rental to rise to £13.90 a month on 1 August...

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Sky to hike line rental costs (17-06-11)

Sky line rental is set to rise by £1 a month from 6 July...

Mobile call costs too high for parents (08-06-11)

Half of parents avoid calling kids’ mobiles for fear of racking up high home phone bills...

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Help Ofcom end silent calls (01-06-11)

Ofcom calls on consumers to get in touch about silent calls...

BT cuts mobile call costs by up to 24% (25-05-11)

The UK’s biggest home phone provider is set to make “significant cuts” to the cost of calling mobiles from landlines...

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The true costs of calling 118 (23-05-11)

Calling a 118 number can cost you as much £6 from your mobile, according to new research...
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TalkTalk boosts Mobile Minutes allowance (19-05-11)

Want more mobile minutes for your money? TalkTalk has upped its Mobile Minutes Boost to 500 minutes a month...

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Ofcom urges complaints over ‘unexpectedly high bills’’ (11-05-11)

Home phone customers who’ve received a shockingly high landline bill over the last 12 months are being urged to contact Ofcom, as the regulator looks to review rules that protect consumers...
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Consumers ‘switching to Sky to save money’ (05-05-11)

Brits are switching their home telecoms to Sky in a bid to save money, the satellite giant has claimed...

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All-in-one deals drive Sky home phone growth (03-05-11)

More than a quarter of Sky customers now take an all-in-one bundle, helping drive the growth of home phone services...

BT hikes line rental and call rates (28-04-11)

BT customers now have to fork out £13.90 a month for line rental and 9% more for their calls - making BT one of the UK’s most expensive home phone suppliers...

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TalkTalk named ‘most complained about landline provider’ (26-04-11)

Home phone and broadband giant TalkTalk has been named and shamed as Britain’s most complained about landline provider, according to new figures released by regulator Ofcom...

Sky customers are UK’s happiest landline users (20-04-11)

Home phone customers with a Sky landline have once again voted the telecoms giant as Best Overall Provider in a recent customer satisfaction survey, with Sky winning nine out of 10 categories...
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Home phone bills set to rocket 16% (15-04-11)

Landline bills will rise by another 16% over the summer, resulting in 23 million households paying over 31% more for their home phone than they were a year ago...

Virgin Media offers customers discounts on mobile phone deals (06-04-11)

Virgin Media households can now take advantage of the cable giant’s competitive phone packages, which offer discounts on calls to home and mobile phones...

Ofcom proposes home phone price cuts (05-04-11)

Home phone and broadband costs look set to plummet as telecoms regulator Ofcom proposes cuts to BT’s wholesale pricing...

Virgin Media raises home phone prices (01-04-11)

Virgin Media customers now have to find £12.99 a month for line rental - however the cable giant’s home phone is still cheaper than rival provider BT...