Telecom Plus plc is a British

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supplier of gas, electricity, home insurance, and landline, broadband and mobile services to residences and businesses. It is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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History

The company was founded in 1996 as a telecommunications business. Its first product, launched in 1997, was a least cost call routing 'Smart Box', a gadget that plugs into a phone socket and routes the calls to alternative networks at a cheaper rate than British Telecom. In 2017 the company sold its 20% stake in Opus Energy to Drax Group. In October 2022, the company had over 800,000 customers.

Operations

The company has two subsidiaries: * Utility Warehouse operates a

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telephony service, mobile telephony (as an

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on the EE network), and supplies broadband, gas and electricity. It also offers home insurance and a pre-paid VISA card (a "cashback" card). * Telecommunications Management Limited provides a landline telephony service to small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers, as well as operating the 1pMobile consumer MVNO. The company uses a

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model to recruit customers and distributors.

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