TalkTalk

ISP

United Kingdom

Valid from 2003-02-01

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About

Founded in 2003 as subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse; demerged in 2010 (Source). Sells broadband over Openreach, Freedom Fibre and CityFibre networks (Source).

Operator Characteristics

Retail-only ISP?

Business-only ISP?

Altnet?

Yes (2003-01-01)
ISP selling over Openreach, Freedom Fibre, CityFibre

Sells Over Networks

CityFibre TalkTalk FTTP — 2020-01-21
TalkTalk joins CityFibre’s networks in January 2020 (Source).
Community Fibre FTTP
Freedom Fibre TalkTalk FTTP — 2021-08-09
TalkTalk begins selling over Freedom Fibre network in August 2021 (Source).
Openreach FTTP
Openreach TalkTalk ADSL
Openreach TalkTalk FTTC
Openreach TalkTalk FTTP

Corporate Relationships

→ agreement: Freedom Fibre — 2025-09-16
On September 16th 2025, Freedom Fibre joins TalkTalk's PlatformX Communications wholesale (PXC) platform, allowing Freedom Fibre's services to be sold to other ISPs via the PXC platform (Source).
→ ownership: Telecom Acquisitions Group — 2022-01-01
TalkTalk acquired a controlling stake in Telecom Acquisitions Group in 2022 (Source).
→ ownership: Origin Broadband — 2021-09-01 – 2025-05-09
Origin Broadband wholly owned by TalkTalk as of September 2021 until customer migration on 2025-05-09; as of December 2025, Origin Broadband website was still up (Source).
→ ownership: Shell Energy Broadband — 2024-02-01

Consolidations

Absorbed from: SSE Broadband — announced 2022-08-01; completed 2022-10-01 (acquired)
SSE Broadband acquired by TalkTalk in October 2022 (Source)
Absorbed from: Shell Energy Broadband — announced 2024-02-01; completed 2024-02-01 (acquired)
Shell Energy Broadband was acquired by TalkTalk in February 2024 (Source)