The TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC ("TalkTalk Group") is one of the leading fixed line voice and broadband telecommunications businesses in the UK. With over 4.1 million broadband customers and 1.1 million voice-only and narrowband customers, the TalkTalk Group markets to residential customers under the “TalkTalk” and “AOL” brands and to business customers principally under the “Opal” brand. By operating its own all-IP (“Internet Protocol”) next generation network (“NGN”) with the UK’s largest unbundled local loop footprint by number of unbundled exchanges, the TalkTalk Group is able to optimise operating efficiency and minimise its supplier costs and enjoy economies of scale, thereby having a sustainable platform to offer market-leading, value-for-money tariffs to its customers.