TalkTalk Business

TalkTalk Business
TalkTalk Business
(TalkTalk Communications Ltd)
Type Subsidiary
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1990 as Pipex
Opal Telecom
Freedom2surf
Nildram
Tiscali Business
2011 as TalkTalk Business
Headquarters Warrington, United Kingdom
Products Telecommunications
Parent TalkTalk
Website talktalkbusiness.co.uk

TalkTalk Business (trading name of TalkTalk Communications Ltd) is a business broadband, telephone, mobile phone and IT support provider owned by TalkTalk Group.

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History

TalkTalk Business was formally called Opal Telecom but changed its name on 1 February 2011. Although it has its origins in many business divisions of telecommunications companies that have been taken over including Pipex, Opal Telecom, Freedom2surf, Nildram and Tiscali.

Pipex

Pipex was the UK's first commercial ISP, and in 2007 it was the sixth largest ISP in the UK.[1] The company was formed as the first commercial ISP by Unipalm in 1990 as The Public I.P. Exchange Ltd (PIPEX), founded by Peter Dawe.[2] In mid 1992, it began operating a 64k transatlantic leased line to UUNET and another to JANET.[3] One of its first customers was Demon Internet, shortly followed by the BBC.[3]

In November 1994, Keith Mitchell, then chief technical officer of PIPEX, initiated a meeting with BT to discuss the creation of a London-based Internet exchange. Pipex donated a Cisco Catalyst 1200 Network switch which formed the basis of LINX.[4]

Unipalm Pipex was sold to UUNet in November 1995 for £150 million, where it became UUNet/Pipex.[2][5][6]

The brand became known as Worldcom Pipex, after UUnet merged with MFS, which is later acquired by WorldCom before merging with MCI to form WorldCom MCI, later renaming back to MCI which was then taken over by Verizon Communications.[7] Pipex retains contracts with Verizon with regards to the network structure.

In June 1999, David Rickards was appointed Managing Director, when the PIPEX business was transferred to Highway Ltd.[8]

In January 2002 Pipex invested £2 million to get 40,000 DSL users online.[9]

In October 2003 Pipex was acquired by GX Networks plc, who retained the Pipex name, renaming itself to Pipex Communications plc.[10][11] Pipex remained a strong brand, and an internet service provider market leader.

Tiscali UK acquired the Pipex brand and business customers in September 2007.[12] Pipex Business was rebranded as Vialtus and was spun off as a separate company.[13]

Following the purchase of Tiscali UK by The Carphone Warehouse in May 2008, Pipex became part of the TalkTalk group. The TalkTalk business brand, Opal Telecom, has accompanied the Pipex brand since early 2009.

References

  • Costello, Neil (2000). Stability and Change in High-Tech Enterprises: Organisational Practices in Sme's. Routledge. ISBN 0415231213. 

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