KCOM Group (formerly known as Kingston Communications and latterly KC) is a UK communications and IT services provider. Its headquarters are in the city of Kingston upon Hull, a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and it serves local residents and businesses with Internet and telephony services. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange but is now privately owned by Macquarie Group.
For historical reasons, the Hull area has no BT landlines, and the vast majority of residents and most businesses in Hull, Cottingham and Beverley are served only with telecoms services by KCOM.
Trade name: KCOM
Formerly: Kingston Communications (KC)
Type: Private limited company
Traded as: LSE: KCOM
Industry: Telecommunications
Founded: 1902 as part of Hull Corporation floated as PLC 1999
Headquarters: Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
Products: Retail and Wholesale local and national telecommunications services, Broadband and internet services and IT and Network Solutions, Mobile service (KCOM Mobile)
Website: www.kcomgroupltd.com