BT has signed up more than half a million customers for its BT Sport channels in two months, giving a boost to the telecoms giant as it prepares to go head to head with BSkyB over football coverage.

Dido Harding, chief executive of broadband provider TalkTalk, today said she supported moves to automatically block pornography from the internet.

Government demands firms vocally back its preferred online protection measures

TalkTalk Mobile have teamed up with Chinese telecoms Huawei to offer a £10 a month contract that includes both a tablet and a smartphone – the Huawei MediaPad 7 and Huawei Ascend Y210 respectively.

TalkTalk and BT have come under fire from the media regulator Ofcom because of their high level of customer complaints.

BT wants to offer Sky Sports via YouView set-top boxes but says terms on offer are an abuse of Sky's market dominance

New handset to launch in the UK in June will be just 6.18mm thick

Internet chiefs will today be accused by the Government of turning a blind eye to the number of child abuse images that can be accessed online.

Plans would mean that users would have to 'opt-out' to view explicit material

Demand for gold hits three-year low

TalkTalk today showed Britons are embracing internet-connected TV in their droves as the telecoms provider is signing up 12,000 customers a week, a rate that looks more than a match for rival BT.

Telecoms giant says it can keep boosting profits and dividend in war with BSkyB

Ofcom has slapped a £750,000 fine on TalkTalk after the telecoms firm was caught making an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls.

Ofcom has fined TalkTalk £750,000 for making an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls, the regulator said.