Rumours have it that Orange will follow The Carphone Warehouse into the 'free' broadband market next week when it's merger with Wanadoo is made official.

Carphone Warehouse introduced its 'free' broadband service back in April for customers who also take Talk Talk's fixed line telephone services. Wanadoo's 'free' broadband service will allegedly be offered to the it's two million broadband and dial up customers if they also sign up for an Orange mobile phone account.

The details are sketchy but it is possible that the deal may include a fixed line with free calls to Orange customers, but the downside is that any such service would incur a lengthy contract, a figure of over 18 moths is being banded around the industry.