Cable & Wireless plc
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cable-wireless-plc-207-2135643
title:
Cable & Wireless plc
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Cable & Wireless plc was a British telecommunications company. In the mid-1980s, it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative telephone service to British Telecom. The company later offered cable TV to its customers, but it sold its cable assets to NTL in 2000. It remained a significant player in the UK telecoms market and in certain overseas markets, especially in the former British colonies of the Caribbean, where it was formerly the monopoly incumbent. It was also the main su
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British telecom firm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_%26_Wireless_plc
date created:
2004-09-03T23:34:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:00:30Z
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