TalkTalk to launch a brand new mobile division

Some companies can’t be content to specialise in one area.  They aren’t happy until they have their brand stamped on every free available space in the country (we’re looking at you Mr.Tesco!).  With this in mind TalkTalk, the internet and landline services company, is launching a mobile service.

TalkTalk will be offering branded contract and pay-as-you-go services to customer in the autumn.  The network will be operating in a similar way to the Tesco Mobile service which uses O2’s network to provide customers with a service but in TalkTalk’s case the network services will be provided by Vodafone.

Ultimately this is pretty boring news for non hardcore phone heads but anything that increases consumer choice is alright with us.  And as TalkTalk are using Vodafone’s network we can’t foresee any problems with signal issues.

So there you have it.  You have yet another network to choose from apart from the big boys such as Vodafone, O2, 3 and the T-mobile/Orange thing.  We suspect that this new TalkTalk might not have the best range of handsets as the premium phones tend to be swallowed up by the aforementioned big boys but we hope that TalkTalk can offer a real choice for consumers.