landline

BT Extends Deadline For PSTN Switch To Digital Landlines

Carrier 'refines' its digital switchover programme, and extends deadline for UK move from old analogue PSTN to digital landlines

6 months ago

Telephone Landline Usage In ‘Terminal Decline’, Uswitch Finds

As usage of WhatsApp, Zoom etc soars, the humble telephone landline declines, with 26 percent not even bothering to connect…

4 years ago

Landline Usage Continues To Plummet

Use of landlines fallen by 50 percent in past five years as people increasingly use their smartphones

6 years ago

Sky Tackles Nuisance Calls With Talk Shield Screening Service

Sky announces free service to rival BT Protect and block unwanted nuisance calls

7 years ago

Ofcom Mulls Automatic Compensation For Broadband Problems

Regulator rejects industry proposals, and proposes instant compensation for when landline and broadband services goes wrong

8 years ago

TalkTalk Restores Service After Customers Suffer Landline Woes

TalkTalk customers lose dial tones and can't make calls following major system upgrade

9 years ago

Broadband ISP Switching Just Got Easy

This weekend new Ofcom rules make it easier to switch broadband provider, but why is Virgin Media excluded?

9 years ago

BT Home SmartPhone SII Wants To Breathe New Life Into The Landline

Second generation Touchschreen home phone comes equipped with Google Play for Android app downloads

10 years ago

Its Official – Brits Have Abandoned The Landline

The home phone is dead, long live the mobile phone, Relish survey finds

10 years ago

Landlines Set To Disappear Within Five Years Say CIOs

CIOs say landlines are set to be replaced by smartphones, but remain unconvinced about tablets

12 years ago

Calling From Landlines To Mobiles Will Be 85 Percent Cheaper

Appeal tribunal rules that the price of ringing a mobile phone from a landline should fall faster and further

13 years ago