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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Holly Williams

What went wrong at telecoms group TalkTalk?

The UK’s fourth biggest broadband provider was founded by Sir Charles Dunstone in 2003 (Alamy/PA) -

TalkTalk’s rescue takeover comes after a difficult past five years that almost led to the complete collapse of the more than 20-year-old firm.

The UK’s fourth biggest broadband provider was founded by Sir Charles Dunstone in 2003 as a subsidiary to his Carphone Warehouse empire.

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