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BT, TalkTalk to take Digital Economy Act to High Court

...to find later that the act is unenforceable and the money wasted." Charles Dunstone, the chairman of the TalkTalk Group, said the Digital Economy Act... Read more

8 July, 2010 by David Meyer

A Knights fail: Why Jony Ive isnâ??t the most deserving person in the...

...phone. The person who I’m most surprised gets over-looked is Charles Dunstone. The founder of Carphone Warehouse started with £6,000 and... Read more

2 January, 2012

TalkTalk services suffer significant disruption (Updated)

...This has not been confirmed. TalkTalk and Carphone Warehouse were founded by Charles Dunstone, who was described in today's Metro newspaper as Britain's... Read more

6 May, 2011

Lord Sugar joins YouView IPTV platform

...Lord Sugar's appointment will help get the project back on track. Charles Dunstone, chairman of TalkTalk, said in a statement: "Lord Sugar's experience... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

TalkTalk signs up to offer BT-network 40Mbps fibre

...2011. TalkTalk's plans were revealed in the Financial Times. Chief executive Charles Dunstone said his ISP — the UK's largest domestic internet provider — is... Read more

7 October, 2010 by David Meyer

TalkTalk to sell mobile services via Vodafone deal

...proven network and a track record of success with their MVNOs," said Charles Dunstone, chairman of TalkTalk Group, in a statement. TalkTalk, the largest residential... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Ben Woods

Carphone announces death of Tiscali UK

...to Carphone Warehouse's ISP, TalkTalk. On Thursday, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone — whose company announced its intention to buy Tiscali's UK operations... Read more

7 January, 2010 by David Meyer

Carphone Warehouse buys Tiscali for £236m

...home. In a conference call on Friday morning, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone said his company had always been "very clear that we know... Read more

8 May, 2009 by David Meyer

No free broadband for businesses

...knuckles by the advertising regulator for calling its broadband "free", chief executive Charles Dunstone blogged: "We do remain however the only mass market supplier of... Read more

1 August, 2006 by David Meyer

Carphone Warehouse freebie broadband stumbles

...force connections back as far as September. On his blog, Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone recently said such three-month delays were being prevented by "an... Read more

5 June, 2006 by David Meyer

Mobile market tipped to boom again

...as a heady cocktail that will tempt users to upgrade, according to Charles Dunstone, Carphone Warehouse chief executive. "The increased competition between mobile networks and... Read more

4 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Mobile phone market needs 3G, says Carphone Warehouse

...financial year will end on 31 March, 2002, and company chief executive Charles Dunstone has forecast that full year earnings could be up to 10... Read more

23 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Top mobile execs to launch handset auction site

...be suffering from a shortage of certain models. Mloop's backers include Charles Dunstone -- the founder of Carphone Warehouse -- and Simon Murray, formerly chief executive... Read more

13 November, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Whither Dunstone's blog?

What's happened to Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone's Read more

10 November, 2006

Carphone man has a new plan

Charles Dunstone, for it is he... The founder of Carphone Warehouse, Charles Dunstone... Read more

13 November, 2001 by Jon Bernstein

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