Despite the fact that the telecoms industry was deregulated over 20 years ago, the original supplier, British Telecom, still retains an amazing 71% of the market. BT are still the supplier of choice for many commercial voice and data installations but their share of fixed line voice calls has dropped to 57% because of the increasing take-up of Carrier Pre Selection services.

There are now approximately 170 public fixed telecommunications providers, 5 mobile providers, 59 mobile service providers and 700 internet service providers, so no lack of choice for those of us looking to save money on telephone charges.

According to BT, the average quarterly phone bill is £70, yey even at these modest levels the average anual saving that can be achieved by switching telecom provider via uSwitch is £160. Best value suppliers for international calls are Just Dial (4.04p), GoTalk (4.8p), Superline (6.43p) or Telco (6.62p). One of the best value suppliers for UK landline calls is Just Dial – they have three competitive tariffs, low subscription fees and cheap rates i.e. 2p daytime for Options 1 & 2. The most expensive suppliers tend to be BT and the cable companies, such as NTL. Astoundingly, the highest annual saving recorded via uSwitch is over £9,000 - this customer switched from BT to OneTel. His annual domestic telephone bill was originally in excess of £35,000.

Click Here to go to the uSwitch web site and see how much you can save on your domestic telephone bill by switching to another provider