Unsurprisingly Be Broadband has quietly confirmed that it too will in the near future be adding a phone line rental / voice calls product to its range of internet access packages. BE's parent company, O2 UK, are of course about to launch a similar service and so it makes sense for BE to follow suit.

At this stage little is known about BE's plans, although the BeUsergroup claims that it has an estimated launch window of 6 months (i.e. most likely after O2's service has gone live; it would make sense for the parent to lead). We have requested further details from BE but do not expect much in reply.