TalkTalk Business (trading name of TalkTalk Communications Ltd ) is a business broadband, telephone, mobile phone and IT support provider owned by TalkTalk Group . The division supports approximately 180,000 UK businesses, and 350 resellers, that include voice and data specialists, system integrators and carriers.
5-430: TalkTalk Business was founded in 1995 by Neil McArthur as Opal Telecoms. TalkTalk Business changed its name from Opal Telecom on 1 February 2011. However it has its origins in many business divisions of telecommunications companies that have been taken over including Pipex , Opal Telecom, Freedom2surf, Nildram and Tiscali. TalkTalk Group (trading as TalkTalk) was founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse and
10-600: A BSc in Computer and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Essex . In 1981, McArthur co-founded Thurnall PLC, an engineering business focused on control systems for various industries. As the nuclear industry declined in the mid-1990s, he pivoted the company's focus. McArthur's most significant impact came in the telecom sector. He founded Opal Telecom in the 1980s and was its CEO. In 2002, he led Opal's merger with Carphone Warehouse to create TalkTalk, where he ran
15-452: The technology division for eight years . In 2018, McArthur became CEO of FibreNation, a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) startup backed by TalkTalk . Under his leadership, FibreNation was acquired by CityFibre in March 2020 for £200 million. In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for his services to engineering. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex . McArthur is a member of
20-576: Was born and grew up in Carr Road, Irlam , the son of a steel worker at the former Irlam Steel Works, and a librarian. McArthur earned a degree in engineering from the University of Essex . He is a fellow of the Institutes of Engineering and Technology and a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. McArthur began his career as an engineering apprentice at British Nuclear Fuels in 1972, later earning
25-417: Was de-merged as a standalone company in March 2010. TalkTalk Business provides communication products such as voice and broadband connectivity. Neil McArthur (businessman) Neil McArthur MBE FIMechE FIET (born 1956/1957) is a British businessman, the founder of Opal Telecom , former MD of TalkTalk Technology , and now head of group innovation for TalkTalk. McArthur
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