State of the Industry
30th December 2008
| Service withdrawn
3U Telecom (January 2006) |
| Customer base taken over by new operator (note this does not necessarily mean the old company ceased trading, the old name may remain as well) 24Talk, by OneBill Telecom (2005) Alpha Telecom, by Tele2 AB (February 2003) Admiral Managed Networks, by Adept Telecom (February 2006) AT&T Communications (UK), by Viatel, then by NTL Atlantic Telecom, indirect residential users by Affinity Telecomms/Breathe (August 2001) Atlantic Telecom, indirect business users by Opal Telecom (November 2001) AXS Telecom, by Liberty Surf (aka Tiscali) Breathe, by Impello, renamed back to First:Telecom (May 2003) Bulldog, by Cable & Wireless (May 2004), then by Pipex Communications, then by Tiscali (July 2007) Cable Telecom (GB) Ltd, by Telstra (February 2004) Call Options, by Adept Telecom (July 2005) Call Union, by Coms PLC (December 2006) Callserve, by Vyke Communications (January 2008) Connaught Telecom, by Adept Telecom (December 2003) Connectacom Network Solution, by Adept Telecom (February 2005) CSS, by Adept Telecom (August 2003) Dolphin Telecom by Inquam (June 2002) Ecocall, by Opal Telecom (December 2004) EcosseTel, by UKBell (April 2001) Energis, by Cable & Wireless (August 2005) Esprit, by Eurocall (previously by GTS and Ventelo), July 2002 Eurobell (Sussex) indirect customers, by Adept Telecom (June 2003) Eurocall residential (aka World Access, NETnet, ACC, WorldxChange), by Affinity Telecomms/Breathe (December 2001) Eurocall business by Your Communications (March 2004) Excel Communications (USA) by Vartec (August 2001) EurExcel by The Carphone Warehouse Group (March 2005) ExchangeXT, by Coms PLC (December 2006) First National Telecom by Wavecrest (February 2003) First Telecom, by Atlantic Telecom, then by Affinity Telecomms/Breathe, then by Impello First Call Direct, by The Phone Co-op (February 2001) Fizz Telecom SME customers, by Adept Telecom (June 2006) Future Integrated Telecom (FIT), by Glow Telecom (2002) Global Crossing, by Hutchison Whampoa and Singapore Technologies Telemedia (January 2002) HighwayOne, by Zipcom (June 2001) Homecall (Caudwell Communications), by Pipex Communications (March 2006), then Tiscali (July 2007) HomeChoice, by Tiscali (March 2007) IDN Telecom, by Redstone (January 2007) Iios Ltd, by Vyke Communications (February 2008) Interhouse Telecom fixed line customers, by UniverCell (September 2006) Interhouse Telecom prepaid and premium, by Snazzy SMG (September 2006) Interoute Go Talk!, by First National Telecom (July 2001), then Wavecrest (Feb 2003) Interoute wholesale business by Wavecrest (Nov 2002) Jippii! SuperLine, by SuperLine Telecommunications Ltd (July 2002) Legend Communications (aka PipeCall), by Thus (aka Demon) (2006) Logicom Systems, by Daisy Communications (October 2006) London Energy, by Adept Telecom (September 2004) Loop Communications, by Adept Telecom (October 2003) Nevada Tele.Com, by Energis (November 2002) NewTel, by Carphone Warehouse (September 2006) Nildram, by Pipex Communications (August 2004) N-Power by Tiscali (September 2003) NTL is now called Virgin Media (March 2007) Omne Telecommunications by WightCable North Ltd (2003) One.Tel, by Centrica (aka British Gas), and then by The Carphone Warehouse (December 2005) Opal Telecommunications, by The Carphone Warehouse (November 2002) Pearl Telecom, by The Carphone Warehouse (2007) Pipex residential customers, by Tiscali (July 2007) PlusNet, by BT (January 2007) Powergen network (Hurricaneyes) by Telstra (October 2003) Racal, by Global Crossing (1999) RSL COM by Eurocall (November 2001) Savant Sage, by Adept Telecom (March 2004) Servista, by OneBill Telecom (February 2004) Seven Telecom, unknown (September 2005) STL Communications, by Opal Telecom (November 2004) SWEB Energy, by Adept Telecom (September 2004) SuperLine, by Coms PLC (December 2006) Symphony Telecom, by Redstone (June 2006) Talk Direct, by Adept Telecom (August 2005) Telco Global, by Centrica (aka One.Tel) (Sept 2004), then by The Carphone Warehouse (December 2005) Tele2, by The Carphone Warehouse (December 2005) Telecentric, by PowerGen (November 2003) Telecom Direct, by Adept Telecom (2008) Telequip, by Opal Telecom (October 2004) Telia UK (B2B business), by Gamma Telecom (Nov 2002) Telinco, by WorldOnline Business Services (aka Tiscali) Telewest, by NTL, now called Virgin Media (March 2006) Totalise PLC by Tspeak UK Ltd (August 2002), then by The Phone Co-Op (December 2005) Toucan, by Pipex Communications, then Tiscali (July 2007) Transglobal Telecom, by Adept Telecom (January 2006) Tspeak, by The Phone Co-Op (December 2005) Unicall, by M-Line Uniworld Communications, by Gamma Communications (March 2004) V Networks, by Opal (The Carphone Warehouse Group) (September 2008) VarTec Telecom Europe by The Carphone Warehouse Group (December 2004) Video Networks (HomeChoice), by Tiscali (August 2006) Viatel, by Telco Global Comms (June 2001 MBO) Virgin HomePhone, by Adept Telecom (September 2004) Virgin Mobile, by NTL, now called Virgin Media (April 2006) WorldOnline (aka LocalTel, Tiscali), by Servista (July 2001) World Access (aka NETnet, ACC, WorldxChange), by Eurocall (July 2001) Your Communications, by Thus (February 2006) Zipcom, by GX Networks UK, now called Pipex (March 2003) |
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