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BT loses out to C&W in CGNU merger
News Cable & Wireless has snatched a massive £350m contract from under the nose of arch-rival BT to provide network services for CGNU, the UK's largest insurance house. Cable & Wireless provided telecoms for Norwich Union, while BT served CGU. [19 Jul 2001]
Direct Line hangs up on BT and C&W for Fibernet ATM
News UK insurance firm Direct Line has replaced its BT and Cable and Wireless leased line circuits with an ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) managed network from Fibernet. He said the number of problems on the network has been reduced, while the final... [16 Jun 2000]
BT and C&W to scrap for £700m NHS broadband deal
News BT and Cable & Wireless have been left to fight for the £700m NHS 'N3' broadband network - one of the key infrastructure components of the £5bn health service modernisation programme - following EDS's withdrawal from the bidding. [06 Feb 2004]
C&W launches official complaint on AT&T/BT venture
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) will tomorrow submit a detailed complaint to the EC about the proposed tie-up between BT and AT&T. According to Stephen Pettit, executive director of C&W global business, BT and AT&T account for more than... [25 Nov 1998]
C&W challenges BT with faster broadband
News Cable & Wireless has unveiled an ambitious plan to challenge BT by offering its own wholesale broadband services from hundreds of BT's local telephone exchanges. C&W has been a fierce critic of BT in the past but until now it has made little... [20 Sep 2004]
C&W wins BSkyB contract from BT
News BSkyB has signed a three-year contract with Cable and Wireless to link its premises in the UK and Ireland using virtual private network (VPN) technology. C&W and BT are two of the main providers of IP VPNs. [13 Apr 2005]
C&W buys Bulldog to snap at BT
News Cable & Wireless opened up a new assault on BT on Friday by purchasing Bulldog Communications for £18.6m. The purchase will enable us to develop our own broadband services, rather than just including products from BT Wholesale as part of our... [28 May 2004]
Energis beats BT and C&WC to £6m contract
News The UK Inland Revenue has chosen telecoms company Energis over BT and Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) to monitor and revamp part of its phone system. The contract will replace BT and C&WC services - the incumbent suppliers for the... [10 Sep 1998]
BT offers ex-C&W clients a shoulder to cry on
News BT is offering a helping hand to Cable & Wireless customers that have been told by the telco they have 90 days to find a new supplier. BT has set up a free hotline for "worried customers" of Cable & Wireless ditched by the telco earlier this year. [09 Mar 2006]
C&W CEO: BT is working against its customers
News BT is not working in the interests of one of its biggest customers by launching its 21CN, according to Cable & Wireless' UK CEO Jim Marsh. According to Marsh, customers are pushing for a Cable & Wireless that's entirely free of BT. [14 Sep 2006]
The A to Z of broadband
News BT Wholesale deals with the other communication companies - such as Cable & Wireless - and runs BT's own networks. A competitor and critic of BT, Cable & Wireless is often regarded as the UK's 'second telco'. [01 Nov 2006]
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]
C&WC gets head start in pay-as-you-surf race
News Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) has stolen a march on BT in its effort to attract first-time Internet users. The cable TV and telephony provider has launched Internet Light - a pay-as-you-surf service costing 45 pence per hour, with no... [02 Sep 1998]
UK cable firm offers free digital upgrade
News Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC), the UK's largest cable television and telephony group, has announced new bundled services, which will be made available together with a free digital upgrade after 5 October. [28 Sep 1998]
Vodafone and C&WC team up for brewery deal
News Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) and Vodafone have jointly won a £17m telecoms contract with Scottish & Newcastle. We have a teaming agreement with Cable and Wireless, but we always make sure there's customer choice," she said. [14 Jul 1999]
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