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RSS cableCable & Wireless to open South Wales call centre
News Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is creating 1,200 jobs in Swansea, Wales, with the opening of a £100m customer service call centre. CWC's announcement follows telecoms and cable operator NTL's... [23 Jun 1999]
Cable & Wireless slashes 4,000 jobs
News The 4,000 job losses - about 22 per cent of Cable & Wireless's global workforce - will be concentrated in the UK and the US. After a 20 per cent drop yesterday to 545p, Cable & Wireless shares... [14 Mar 2001]
Cable & Wireless gets the beers in
News Cable & Wireless has announced a deal to provide brewery Scottish Courage with a national data network. Jeff Jamet, MD of Waverley TBS, said: "The solution proposed by Cable & Wireless and EDS enables us... [21 Dec 2004]
Cable and Wireless aiming for £700m Energis buy?
News Cable and Wireless is once again the subject of consolidation speculation - although this time, the telco looks ready to buy rather than be bought. Cable and Wireless will be able to strengthen its... [18 Jul 2005]
Cable Modems
White Paper Cable modems are devices that allow high-speed access to the Internet via a cable television network. While similar in some respects to a traditional analog modem, a cable modem is... [25 Feb 2004]
'Cable Guy' to the rescue at troubled NTL?
News The US media mogul John Malone could rescue NTL, the troubled cable operator, from its financial strife, if weekend reports are to be believed. Malone is head of Liberty Media and is known in the US press as 'the... [11 Feb 2002]
The Ovum View: Cable as DSL competitor? No, says the EC (part 2)
Comment In the UK, the Netherlands and other countries, this analysis would include cable modem technology. If cable modem use is proving popular in a given market, and the cable operator(s)... [30 Oct 2002]
Cable & Wireless Communications to offer interactive services
News Cable and Wireless Communications (C&WC) has announced it will offer a raft of interactive services following the launch of digital cable television next year. The UK's largest cable... [19 Aug 1998]
The Ovum View: Cable as DSL competitor? No, says the EC
Comment In another, Belgium, cable modem is only a little way behind DSL. Included in the recommendation is the Commission's view that cable modem technologies should not be considered as part of the market for... [30 Oct 2002]
Cable companies hold crisis talks
News The world's experts in global networks will meet in London today to discuss how traditional cable companies can prevent the tidal wave of deregulation crushing their businesses. Senior executives from Alcatel and... [25 Oct 1998]
Cable & Wireless pulls the police force together
News Cable & Wireless has won an exclusive contract to provide the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) with an intranet which will enable police forces nationwide to communicate online with each other. [10 Sep 1999]
Cable & Wireless hooks in PSINet flotsam
News Cable & Wireless is considering buying parts of PSINet as the bankrupt ISP's assets hit the market at bargain prices. Cable & Wireless is looking at PSINet's assets in Japan and Panama, but CEO... [05 Oct 2001]
The Ovum View: Cable & Wireless
Comment So, what is Cable & Wireless up to in the UK hosting market? This is no longer the case - C&W hosting is now integrated into Cable & Wireless Global as part of its services portfolio, which includes:... [27 Feb 2003]
Cable boss urges regulators to keep local loop bundled
News President of United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), John Riordan, has told European regulators not to open up the local loop to competition in the fast growing cable TV market. Riordan told a conference on broadband... [01 Dec 1999]
Cable & Wireless axes 3,500 staff
News Troubled telecoms giant Cable & Wireless is cutting 3,500 jobs from its loss-making global division, which provides website hosting and telecoms services for companies worldwide, and which accounts for more than... [13 Nov 2002]
