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Cable & Wireless Plc.

CW. is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$5.6B

Public
UK

Dow Jones Description

This company gives you ways to always keep in touch! Cable and Wireless plc (London:CW) is an international telecommunications company that provides voice, data, broadband, Internet protocol and mobile services. Its clients are business and residential customers, fixed and mobile telecoms carriers, mobile operators, and content, application and Internet providers. It has a presence in 80 countries in the United Kingdom, Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco. Founded in 1860 and based in Bracknell, England, the company employs about 15,200 people. It has revenue of $6 billion. In October 2005 the company sold its entire shareholding in Mobile One Limited for about $77 million and also completed its acquisition of Chelys Limited ('Energis') for a cash consideration of approximately $1.1 billion.

CEO

Francesco Caio

Number of Employees 13,510

Contact Information

Lakeside Houe Kane Rd

Bracknell RG12 1XL

www.cw.com

(44) 2073154000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110

Recent Events

British shares edge lower, broker changes eyed

11/20/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Tesco Sees Services Profits More Than Doubling

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Cable & Wireless Panama selects Gilat to provide SkyEdge II network

10/09/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

cable & wireless plc. and ntt corp. - All News and Analysis

C&W sells Japan arm to Softbank for 72.4 million [pounds sterling].(United Kingdom)(Cable & Wireless )(Brief Article)

- 2004-11-01

Japanese communications firm Softbank is to buy the local unit of telecoms titan Cable & Wireless for 72.4 million [pounds sterling], making it the number-two player in Japan's competitive international phone business. C&W, Britain's second-biggest corporate telecoms provider, entered Japan in 1986, targeting...

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp., Softbank Corp.
Colt Telecom - Brief Article

- 2001-09-10

* Colt Telecom, the U.K. business services provider, may be a takeover target, according to reports. The company's stock has plummeted to [pound] 1.55 a share from a high last year of [pound] 40 a share, and executives said in August that the company needs an additional [pound] 600 million...

Tags: British Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp.
Colt Telecom.

- 2001-09-03

The Observer Colt Telecom is on alert for a bid after a dramatic collapse in its share price from a high of [pound]40 (e63.5) during the technology boom to 155p on Friday. City sources say Cable & Wireless, NTT of Japan and British Telecom...

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp.
PRESSWATCH: Winners of PressWatch survey for firms in in the telecommunications sector during Q2 1999.

- 1999-07-30

M2 PRESSWIRE-30 July 1999-PRESSWATCH: Winners of PressWatch survey for firms in the telecommunications sector during 2nd quarter 1999 C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:270799 Winners BT's march back up the PressWatch table continued this quarter as the UK giant...

Tags: British Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp., Telecom Italia, Vodafone Group Plc.
Cable & Wireless poised to win bid for IDC

- 1999-06-09

CABLE & WIRELESS was poised last night to win its heavily- contested bid for International Digital Communications, the Japanese long- distance carrier, after Nippon Telegraph and Telephone NTT, Japan's incumbent operator, said it would not raise its offer. C&W raised its bid last week and now values IDC,...

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., International Data Corp., NTT Corp.

Cable & Wireless ups bid for Japan's IDC

- 1999-06-02

JAPAN'S FIERCEST international bidding war heated up yesterday as Cable & Wireless raised its offer for the Japanese carrier International Digital Communications IDC in an attempt to fight off Nippon Telegraph and Telephone NTT. C&W said yesterday that it had raised its offer of 107,372 yen per share...

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., International Data Corp., NTT Corp.
Misadventures In Asia

- 1999-03-30

Cable & Wireless' [CWP] (C&W) Vietnam venture isn't going so smoothly. C&W won government permission last August to build a wireline network in Hanoi, but the company still hasn't begun construction. The delays are blamed on disputes between C&W and its partner, state-owned Vietnam Post & Telecommunications Corp....

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp.
Cable & Wireless boosts Handyphone

- 1995-10-10

Cable & Wireless boosts Handyphone Cable & Wireless has formed a consortium with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT Mobile Communications, Hongkong Telecom and Itochu to market the Personal Handyphone System digital cordless telephone worldwide. The group said that 100,000 PHS handsets have been sold in Japan since its...

Tags: Cable & Wireless Plc., NTT Corp.

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Francesco Caio	CEO
Rodney Davis	CEO, Jamaican Unit
Jacqueline Holding	President, Cable & Wireless Jamaica
George Battersby	Executive Director & HR
Harris Jones	Executive Director, Intl Business
Stephen R. Pettit	Executive Director
Mark Davis	Director, Corp Communications
Mike Fay	Reg Director
Katherine King	Manager, Investor Relations
Andrew Garard	General Counsel
Charles Herlinger
Robert Lerwill

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
George Robertson	Deputy Chairman
Richard Lapthorne	Chairman
Robert Rowley	Executive Deputy Chairman
Agnes Touraine	Board of Directors
Anthony Rice	Board of Directors
Bernard Gray	Board of Directors
Clive Butler	Board of Directors
Graham Howe	Board of Directors
John Pluthero	Board of Directors
Kasper Rorsted	Board of Directors
Kate Nealon	Board of Directors
Simon Ball	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	CEO	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current
Equant	Non-executive Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	CEO, Jamaican Unit	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	President, Cable & Wireless Jamaica	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	Executive Director & HR	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	Executive Director, Intl Business	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

Stephen Pettit was appointed to the Board following the merger of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc board in 2001. He is a Non-executive Director of National Air Traffic Services, Halma plc and is Chairman of ROK Property Solutions plc. Stephen is also a member of BT plc's Equality of Access Board. He is a former Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc. Before joining Cable & Wireless, he was Chief Executive, Petrochemicals at British Petroleum. Stephen was previously a Non-executive Director of KBC Advanced Technologies plc and Norwood Systems Limited.

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Cable & Wireless plc	Executive Director	Current
Halma plc	Non-Executive Director	Current
Rok Stonecare	Chairman	Current
Rok Property Solutions Plc	Chairman	Current
National Grid plc	Board of Directors	Current
Halma plc	Director	Current
Lattice Group Plc	Board of Directors	Current
KBC Advanced Technologies plc	Board of Directors	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	Director, Corp Communications	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Reg Director	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Manager, Investor Relations	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	General Counsel	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc		Current
Lor Corporation	Assistant Controller	Former
Siemens Corporation	Controller	Former

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Cable & Wireless plc		Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Deputy Chairman	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Deputy Chairman	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Chairman	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current
Oasis International Leasing Co	Non-executive Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	Executive Deputy Chairman	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

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Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

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Unilever Plc	Development Director	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current
Unilever U.K. Central Resources Ltd.	Director, Corp Development	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
C&W Plc	Executive Chairman	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current
Energis LLC	Chief Executive Officer	Former
Energis LLC	Chief Executive	Former
Mastercare	Managing Director	Former
Holiday Inn Worldwide		Former

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Henkel of America Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Cable & Wireless plc	Board of Directors	Current
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA	Executive Vice President, Human Resources / Infrastructure Services	Former
Hewlett-Packard Company	Senior Vice President & General Manager, EMEA	Former
Compaq Computer Corporation	Vice President & General Manager, EMEA	Former
Compaq Computer Corporation	Head, Enterprise Business Group, EMEA	Former
Digital Equipment Corporation	Management, Marketing and Distribution	Former
Oracle Corporation	Management, Marketing and Distribution	Former
Copenhagen Business School	Graduate	Former