Carphone Warehouse In 'serious' Data Breach
News Carphone Warehouse has been warned it could face prosecution for exposing the personal details of thousands of customers online and, in some cases, inadvertently setting debt collectors on them. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the...
[January 17, 2008, 11:02]
Carphone Warehouse Unbowed By 'free Broadband' Ruling
News Two other complaints were also upheld against the advertisements, the first of which was over Carphone Warehouse's claim that it was offering free services "forever". Carphone Warehouse will be allowed to continue to advertise its broadband service...
[July 19, 2006, 12:30]
The Internet Service Provider Is Dead. Long Live The Internet!
Leader Cable & Wireless pulled the plug on Bulldog's retail operations when it realised quite how much success Carphone Warehouse was enjoying. But Carphone Warehouse isn't just offering broadband, it's offering 'free' broadband.
[June 9, 2006, 14:35]
BT Accused Of Customer Retention Hypocrisy
News However, the case closely echoes another complaint brought in July by Carphone Warehouse against BT, and Unicom's chief executive Simon Clarke has suggested that this previous case is the motivation behind BT's new allegations.
[September 12, 2006, 16:50]
Thursday
Blog Yesterday, someone on the mobile conference on Cix reported a too-good-to-be-true deal from Carphone Warehouse that turned out to be kosher: Nokia 3310 phone for ten quid on the T-Mobile Free Time 750 tariff.
[December 6, 2002, 16:20]
Broadband Migration Safeguards Due This Christmas
News NetServices has been hit hard by the explosion in "free broadband" services, as exemplified by Carphone Warehouse and Orange, and the knock-on effect this has had on the small ISPs it supplies. The telecommunications regulator Ofcom has revealed to...
[November 28, 2006, 12:48]
Orange, TalkTalk Voted Worst For Customer Service
News Fellow "free" fat-pipe provider TalkTalk, from the Carphone Warehouse, was not far behind — with 31 percent of its customers dissatisfied with its service despite its overhauling of its customer-service operations in a deal with CRM vendor...
[July 3, 2007, 9:45]
Privacy Tsar: Gov't Comms Database 'a Step Too Far'
News The annual report from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) also revealed that the ICO had issued nine enforcement notices for data-protection breaches this year to bodies including Carphone Warehouse and Greater Manchester Police, and had...
[July 16, 2008, 10:54]
Bulldog Put Out Of Its Broadband Misery
News According to sources familiar with the situation, the news that Carphone Warehouse had signed up around a third of a million customers for its 'free' broadband service since April was the last straw. Cable & Wireless has abandoned its goal of...
[June 8, 2006, 12:30]
Carphone Warehouse Freebie Broadband Stumbles
Talkback Have written to TT complaints dept and sent emails threatening to contact Oftel. I signed up to Talk3 International on 19th May, was already a TT customer on phone. Was told broadband go live date of July.
[August 5, 2006, 18:02]
Carphone Warehouse 'cleared' Over Free Broadband Claim
News Carphone Warehouse will be cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over its promotion of "free" broadband, the company's chief executive claimed on his blog on Thursday. According to Charles Dunstone's blog, Carphone Warehouse is...
[July 14, 2006, 12:45]
