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News C&W beat off competition from BT, MCI and Siemens for the deal and Didcock said the main reason for choosing C&W was that it was the "lower risk option" because of the Energis connection (C&W having bought the telco for £674m last year). [28 Jun 2006]
AA slashes £2m a year off voice and data costs
News The AA was running an old BT frame-relay network for its data and wide area network and using Energis for its voice network and call centre management but has now switched to a three-year managed services deal with Cable & Wireless (C&W). [17 Jul 2007]
Vodafone and C&WC team up for brewery deal
News Ian Butterworth, Scottish & Newcastle's information services director, said: "Historically, we've used C&WC and BT [for fixed lines services], and for our mobile needs, Cellnet and Orange in addition to Vodafone. [14 Jul 1999]
The A to Z of broadband
News C&W is now focusing on its own fixed-mobile converged (FMC) service, taking on BT's Fusion in a bid to get users making both mobile and landline calls from a single phone. The hostility between C&W and BT is clear: in an interview with silicon.com... [01 Nov 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: Cute C&W, that elusive Linux desktop and Proxicom's suitors
Comment C&W's war chest would only make a minor dent in the BT debt mountain, but its execs showed business acumen to sell off assets at the market's peak and confidence they were doing the right thing at the right time. [21 May 2001]
Energis to build £40m secure government broadband network
News Energis beat off competition from 24 other companies, including BT and C&W, after the contract was put out to tender by the commercial procurement arm of the Office of Government Commerce last year. My observation it has been winning these deals... [13 Aug 2003]
C&W picks up £15m Centrica contract
News Centrica, already a C&W customer, will use Cable and Wireless Indirect Access Transit, which is designed to take calls away from the BT-run local loop at the earliest possible interconnect point. Centrica's telecoms services take the form of One... [24 Jul 2003]
UK sees first VoIP network for business
News C&W's James claimed that the 21st Century initiative is more about BT cutting internal costs rather than launching a slew of innovative services to consumers. BT's 21st Century network project, which will see its network upgraded to support IP... [06 Jul 2004]
France Telecom to swallow up Cable & Wireless?
News Bulldog was itself taken over by Cable & Wireless in May 2004, after being one of the few companies to install its own equipment in BT's local exchanges — a process known as local loop unbundling (LLU). [20 Jun 2005]
Is a bitter Marconi bitching about BT's chances?
News Evans' view is that, even if BT does pull it off, it could find that a smaller UK rival - perhaps Cable&Wireless (C&W) - has moved to IP first. C&W looks as likely a candidate as any to race BT in the push for IP. [13 Jun 2005]
Photos: London Eye beats the queues with BT
Photo The online booking system from BT will soon allow visitors to print off a ticket with a barcode at home, which is scanned by London Eye staff with wireless handheld ticket machines. The RialtoPlus booking system was built by BT on a Java-based... [16 Sep 2005]
Telco rumourmill works into overtime after Orange deal
News Meanwhile, BT is expected to take full control of Viag Interkom, the German venture the UK telco will concentrate on after striking its alliance with AT&T, which also held stakes in the country. BT currently owns 45 per cent of Viag. [25 Oct 1999]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Convergence here at last?
Comment Still, if C&W can successfully complete its re-alignment and use its considerable network assets to extend its customer reach to the small and medium-sized enterprises, it will be a formidable player able to build on its number two position to BT... [14 Jan 2005]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management (CRM) software... [22 Apr 2008]
BT hooks up first 21CN customers
News BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. B is for BT Cardiff, Bridgend and the Pontypridd area are next on BT's list to have their voice and... [28 Nov 2006]
