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<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/mobile-computing/Tablets%20and%20touchscreens/ipad/TMGipad-200-200.jpg"> The Telegraph may well follow in the steps of its fellow broadsheet The Times and put its website behind a paywall in 2011. There are whisperings abound that The Telegraph is planning to put a chunk of its content behind a paywall and leave some articles to be viewed for free. News International made its Times website <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/the-times-and-sunday-times-retreat-behind-paywall-700690">subscription-only</A> earlier this year and <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/news-of-the-world-goes-behind-paywall-900803">followed suit</A> with the News Of The World website. The official stance by The Telegraph is that nothing is planned. A statement this week said "Absolutely no decisions have been made on the introduction of a paid-content model. "Like all publishers, TMG continually evaluates the developments in the digital sector." But a report in the Financial Times (itself behind a paywall) notes that those close to the matter believe that a paywall will happen in 2011, noting: "Although the final decision has not been made, the pay system will not be an impregnable paywall like that of The Times. "It will be a metered system or, less likely, micropayments." The Times hasn't given official figures, but has said that its <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/murdoch-times-paywall-to-be-a-success--707710">paywall strategy</A> is working. It's unknown if a paywall will work long-term, however, considering the myriad free sites on the web. Back in September, The Telegraph launched its first <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/portable-computing/telegraph-launches-apple-ipad-app-718142">iPad app</A>.

The Telegraph next to erect a paywall?

The Telegraph may well follow in the steps of its fellow broadsheet The Times and put its website behind a paywall in 2011. There are whis...