TalkTalk

Virgin Media has launched the UK's first 'quad-play' bundles, selling home phone, broadband, digital TV and Sim-only mobile services under a single package. But if you're in the 50% of the UK that can get them, are they worth switching to?

TalkTalk TV, home phone and broadband customers can get a 15% discount on their monthly bill as long as they pay it off by credit or debit card within 24 hours of receiving it.

Over four million TalkTalk home phone, broadband and TV customers will be hit with price hikes from 1 May. But customers unhappy about the rise can leave their contract penalty-free.

Mobile phone users are to be protected from "shock bills" if their handsets are stolen, with a new cap on the maximum cost of calls they will be expected to pay for.

Most of Virgin Media's five million home phone, broadband and TV customers will be hit by average price hikes of 6.7% from February.

Four million TalkTalk home phone customers will have more power to stop nuisance and scam calls, including those from overseas, after the firm launched a call blocking service.

Many TalkTalk and Plusnet home phone and broadband customers will be hit by prices rises from 1 October.

If you want to watch football matches for free live on the internet, be warned there are big question marks about the legality of doing this after internet providers were told to block access to a site offering live Premier League games.

Superfast broadband customers will be offered cheaper and shorter deals and be able to switch more easily between providers under plans to open up BT's fibre cable network to more competition.

Silent and abandoned phone calls about payment protection insurance (PPI) are being investigated by telecoms watchdog Ofcom, which says consumers who get unwanted calls are getting around two each week.