C&W
RSS C&WC&W invests $1bn in pan-European voice and data network
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) today announced a five-year, $1bn dollar investment into an IP network providing voice, data and Internet access for corporate customers in 40 major European cities. The... [16 Nov 1998]
Cable & Wireless ditches Italian ally
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) has abandoned its planned alliance with Telecom Italia. Chief executive, Richard Brown, said the Italian company's loss of its chief executive, Gian Mario Rossignolo last... [12 Nov 1998]
IBM and C&W link up over the network
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) and IBM have forged a global alliance designed to integrate Systems Network Architecture (SNA) networks with Frame Relay WANs. From spring next year, the telecoms and... [05 Nov 1998]
C&W picks up $300m US contract
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) has won a $300m contract to provide voice and data services to US outsourcing company ServiceNet. The four-year contract makes ServiceNet the UK telco's largest corporate... [14 Oct 1998]
C&W signs £300m US contract
News Cable and Wireless (C&W) has won a $300m contract to provide voice and data services to US outsourcing company ServiceNet. The UK telco will provide an IP data network and voice-only virtual private... [14 Oct 1998]
Yahoo and MCI untie the knot
News Yahoo and MCI have agreed to end their jointly-branded online service after just six months. The service, Yahoo Online, offered Internet access and online content to users. Its future was thrown into doubt after MCI agreed in July to... [15 Sep 1998]
C&W invests £50M in Ireland
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) has invested £50m in Ireland, creating 300 jobs in Dublin and Shannon. The telecoms equipment provider is making the move just as the Irish telecoms market approaches its... [15 Sep 1998]
In brief: Sysdeco and C&W software boost ecommerce sites
News Web design agency Big Picture is to start developing ecommerce sites based on technology from Sysdeco and Cable & Wireless (C&W). Big Picture will use C&W's... [20 Jul 1998]
MCI sells US Net business to C&W
News MCI has sold its entire US Internet business to Cable & Wireless (C&W) for $1.75bn (£1.1bn), giving the UK-based telco 250,000 consumer customers and 60,000 business customers. The deal was announced... [16 Jul 1998]
Telecom Italia deal with C&W runs into trouble
News Telecom Italia has backed out of a deal to buy Cable & Wireless' (C&W) 20 per cent stake in French mobile operator, Bouygues Telecom. However, the companies have insisted the collapse of the deal -... [15 Jul 1998]
Cable & Wireless to benefit from MCI Internet sell-off
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) looks set to gain MCI's entire Internet business following reports this morning that it is in exclusive talks with the US telco. The deal is estimated to be worth as much as $3.5bn... [30 Jun 1998]
