Telecommunications UK

Npower were formed in 1999 as the retail arm of Innogy, one of the largest utility companies in the U.K. Npower are one of the leading electricity and gas suppliers in the UK. Npower beleive that conserving energy, whatever it's source, can only have a positive effect on the environment and the size of your bills. Npower formed a unique partnership with Greenpeace to increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources in the U.K.

Talktalk is a new landline service from The Carphone Warehouse. It is provided using the lines of BT and other major telecommunication companies including Opal Telecom, part of The Carphone Warehouse Group. As Europe's leading mobile communications retailer they have focused on lowering the cost of calling mobiles meaning that big savings can be made on those traditionally expensive calls.

One.tel is one of the leading alternative long distance telephone companies in the UK with over 750,000 customers. One.tel launched their UK services in 1998 and currently employs over 600 people, they were acquired by Centrica PLC in June 2001.

Smart Talk is a money saving telephone service from Tiscali, one of Europe's leading Internet and telecommuncations providers. It offers much cheaper calls than BT - including the BT Together scheme for local, national and international calls, as well as calls to mobiles. It is easy to use with no fees, no ties and no catches.

Talk was launched in 1999 and is a unique way to cut call costs. Talk monitors the rates of a number of the UK's leading telephone companies and offers its customers the lowest rates available for each call. Talk uses its patented technology to ensure that optimum call routing is always selected. Talk is also very proud of its Customer Service record and in a recent survey, 88% of Talk customers said they would be happy to recommend Talk to a friend.

Kingston Communications is a network service provider, supplying Internet access and telephony services to over 185,000 residential and business customers in the East Yorkshire region. It has been providing service since 1904 and in the past three years, the company has expanded beyond its traditional area to extend its network reach to surrounding towns and villages.

Powergen is one of the UK's best-known names in electricity and gas. They produce electricity from their portfolio of world-class power stations and sell electricity, gas and related services to residential, business, corporate and government customers - directly and through the internet.

Telco Global Communications is one of the UK's leading low cost call providers and has been offering great value voice, mobile and Internet solutions since 1996. The high quality service has been officially recognized by the Consumer Complaints report published by OFTEL in two consecutive periods, the latest in December 2002. Telco is shown to have had the lowest number of complaints per thousand customers of all the telecom companies surveyed.

ntl is one of the largest broadband communications companies in the world. It offers telephony, cable television and internet services.