BNET Industries
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.
Number of Employees 13,510
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110
Recent Events
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British shares edge lower, broker changes eyed
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Tesco Sees Services Profits More Than Doubling
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Cable & Wireless Panama selects Gilat to provide SkyEdge II network
News & Analysis
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WORLD MARKETS: Hong Kong
- 2003-06-07
THE HANG Seng rose for a sixth consecutive week yesterday, but shares in the property developers Sino Land and New World tumbled on their last day in the blue-chip index. Hong Kong's largest phone company, PCCW, fell as much as 5 per cent before closing at HK$5.20, down 0.95 per...
Cable & Wireless sale marks Hong Kong exit
- 2003-06-06
THE TELECOMS firm Cable & Wireless yesterday disposed of its remaining stake in the Hong Kong telecoms firm PCCW, ending a 15- year foothold in the territory as it continued its exit from non- core businesses. The company offloaded 651.9 million shares in PCCW, or a 14...
Hong Kong-Based Telecom Reports $1 Billion Loss.
- 2003-03-23
By Jonathan Fenby, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--Less than two months after circling Cable & Wireless (C&W), Hong Kong's most dashing tycoon has reported a net loss of HK$7.7 billion ($1 billion) on what was once one of...
Executives of Hong Kong Technology Firm Deny Takeover Interest.
- 2003-02-16
By Grant Clelland, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Shareholders in Hong Kong's Pacific Century Cyberworks PCCW have become used to a rollercoaster ride under chairman Richard Li. The upstart technology company pulled off Asia's deal of the...
Li forced to back down on bid.
- 2003-02-11
Feb 11, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Pacific Century CyberWorks PCCW will not proceed with a takeover bid for Cable & Wireless plc. The Hong Kong company's stock was suspended from trading on 10 February 2003, following revelations that in December 2002...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 10, 2003.
- 2003-02-10
HONG KONG, Feb 10 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix said yesterday he hoped he had "seen a beginning" of closer co-operation by the Iraqis, after a British report suggested the allies had...
Cable & Wireless shuns PCCW.
- 2003-02-10
Feb 10, 2003 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) British telephone firm Cable & Wireless has rejected an offer by Hong Kong-based PCCW to buy some of its assets. According to PCCW Chief Operating Officer, Mike Butcher, PCCW approached Cable & ...
PCCW and Texas Pacific drop Cable & Wireless bid.
- 2003-02-10
Byline: William Hutchings and Piers Townsend Pacific Century Cyberworks PCCW and Texas Pacific Group have abandoned their approach to Cable & Wireless, in a move that investment bankers said may mark the end of the private equity industry's interest in the beleaguered UK telecoms...
Hong Kong firm eyes Cable & Wireless
- 2003-02-07
SHARES IN Cable & Wireless jumped 10 per cent yesterday after Hong Kong's PCCW confirmed it had approached the troubled telecoms group with a view to making a pounds 2bn-plus bid. PCCW wrote to C&W on 31 December "indicating an interest in engaging in discussions" about a...
PCCW spurned by Cable & Wireless. (China).(Brief Article)
- 2003-02-01
Cable & Wireless spurned PCCW, Hong Kong's fixed-line operator when PCCW approached the company seeking discussions about buying some of C&W's assets, the Wall Street Journal reported recently. A PCCW spokesman said their overtures didn't even elicit a response from C&W. People close to the matter...
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.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Reg Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Manager, Investor Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Current | |
| Lor Corporation | Assistant Controller | Former |
| Siemens Corporation | Controller | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable & Wireless plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Cable & Wireless plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable & Wireless plc | Chairman | Current |
| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Oasis International Leasing Co | Non-executive Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Executive Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | Chief Executive Officer, Human Resources / Infrastructure Services | Current |
| 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 |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cable & Wireless plc | Board of Directors | Current |
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