Telecommunications
Last updated: 8 May 2023
Number of businesses in the UK telecommunications sector and their associated employment and turnover
Published 6 October 2022. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/business-population-estimates-2022
The telecommunications sector divides into the following 4 categories:
- Wired telecommunications activities 
- Wireless telecommunications activities 
- Satellite telecommunications activities 
- Other telecommunications activities 
Resources
- Ofcom Telecoms research: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research - Ofcom’s key research and data publications on the telecoms sector 
 
- Ofcom Telecoms data updates: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/data-updates - Quarterly updates tracking key trends emerging from the data Ofcom collect on the UK telecommunications sector including fixed voice services, mobile services and fixed broadband. - Telecommunications Market Data Update Q4 2022: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/data-updates/telecommunications-market-data-update-q4-2022 
 
 
- EY Top 10 risks for telecommunications in 2023: https://www.ey.com/en_gl/telecommunications/top-ten-risks-for-telecommunications-in-2023 
- EY Telecommunications sector Insights: https://www.ey.com/en_uk/telecommunications 
- Wikipedia Category: Telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Telecommunications_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom 
- YouGov: The Most Popular Telecommunications Brands (Q1 2023): https://yougov.co.uk/ratings/technology/popularity/telecommunication-brands/all 
- UK Telecommunications Service Providers: - Andrews & Arnold 
- Asda Mobile 
- BT Group - BT Consumer 
- BT Business and Public Sector 
- BT Global Services 
- EE 
- Plusnet 
 
- China Mobile (CMLink) 
- Claranet 
- Colt Group 
- The Co-operative 
- Cable & Wireless 
- Entanet 
- Inmarsat 
- KCOM Group (Eclipse Internet) 
- Lebara 
- Lycamobile 
- Sky (Sky Broadband) 
- TalkTalk (Business, Mobile, TV) 
- Telecom Plus 
- Tesco 
- Three (Three UK, SMARTY) 
- Tru 
- Trunk Networks 
- Virgin Media O2 (O2, Giffgaff, Virgin Media) 
- Vodafone 
- Voipfone 
- WightFibre 
- Zen Internet 
 
 
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
              