TalkTalk is a young company with a long history - and we're proud to have transformed the UK's telecoms landscape in such a short space of time.
TalkTalk moves its HQ from London to Salford.
Launched FibreNation to rollout full fibre broadband to three million British homes and businesses beginning in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough. The rollout builds on our full fibre trial in York, which has seen the city benefit from Britain’s fastest internet.
Our Fixed Low-Price Plans (FLPPs) launch, guaranteeing no mid contract broadband price Increases. As of March 2019, over 2.3 million customers have signed up to an FLPP.
Bringing full fibre to York - TalkTalk launches a 1GB fibre network in York, making it Britain’s first gigabit city.
TalkTalk TV arrives and quickly became Britain’s fastest growing TV service. As a result of several high-profile content deals, TalkTalk TV viewers today have access to both Sky Sports and BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, as well as blockbuster movies to rent and own from all major studios.
TalkTalk becomes the first internet service provider to launch a whole-home filtering service, called HomeSafe®, to all residential customers at no extra cost; keeping families safe from suspicious websites and inappropriate content. We offer an equivalent service to Business customers providing instant protection to all internet devices, called WorkSafe®.
TalkTalk demerges from Carphone Warehouse, becoming an independent company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
TalkTalk starts to sponsor the X Factor – the partnership continued for the following 10 years.
TalkTalk acquires Tiscali UK and Pipex.
TalkTalk launches free broadband, completely transforming the UK’s residential market. Our position as a challenger brand, determined to disrupt the established telecoms market, is established.
We also buy AOL Broadband from Time Warner, keeping it as a separate brand until 2015.
Local loop unbundling allows alternative providers to place their own equipment in telephone exchanges, encouraging a new wave of competition and innovation.
Opal acquires Vartec, Telequip and OneTel.
TalkTalk launches unlimited free calls between TalkTalk customers, our first truly disruptive offering.
TalkTalk is launched after the Government passed the 2003 Communications Act, aimed at encouraging challenger brands to disrupt the telecoms market.
For the first time, customers were able to switch telephone providers without installing special equipment or having to dial a prefix.
Carphone Warehouse purchases Opal Telecoms, by now a fast-growing telephony reseller, providing fixed voice services to more than 20,000 corporate customers and leasing modern fibre lines.
Opal Telecoms formed as a telephony reseller, providing fixed line voice services to corporate customers.