TalkTalk clams up as it seeks telecoms exit

TalkTalk has voiced its intent to exit its mobile business as part of a strategy to fall back on its core interest as a low-cost internet provider.
The telecommunications provider has grown to offer pay TV and mobile services in addition to internet access but has opened discussions with rivals such as Vodafone, O2 and Virgin Media with a view to offloading its mobile operations.
Such a move would allow TalkTalk to refocus its energy on fixed line broadband, reversing a course first charted in 2