Cable and Wireless plc
News and overview for Cable and Wireless plc
Cable and Wireless to split in 2
Forbes | 19 days 18 hours 43 minutes ago
LONDON -- British telecoms systems company Cable and Wireless PLC announced Thursday that it intends to split into two units, CWI and Worldwide, to increase profit potential.
MANCHESTER & LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Interim Management Statement [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 hours 34 minutes ago
Manchester and London Investment Trust plc
C&W to Split, Reports H1
Cable Digital News | 18 days 13 hours 32 minutes ago
LONDON -- Cable and Wireless plc (?Cable & Wireless?) today announces its intention to separate into its two businesses, Worldwide and CWI. This separation is expected to be effected by a demerger of Worldwide.
Light Reading Europe - IP & Convergence - C&W to Split, Reports H1 - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 18 days 14 hours 25 minutes ago
LONDON -- Cable and Wireless plc ("Cable & Wireless") today announces its intention to separate into its two businesses, Worldwide and CWI. This separation is expected to be effected by a demerger of Worldwide.
Cable and Wireless to split in 2 by March 31
CNBC | 7 days 18 hours 16 minutes ago
LONDON - Telecommunication company Cable and Wireless PLC said Tuesday that it intends to split itself into two companies by March 31.
Research and Markets: Maldives - Covering Trends and Developments in Telecommunications, Mobile, Internet, Broadband, Infrastructure and Regulation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 14 hours 55 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e8fa5a/maldives_telecom) has announced the addition of the "Maldives - Telecoms, Mobile & Broadband" report to their offering.
Cable Digital News - Ethernet - C&W Panama Picks Ciena - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 36 days 12 hours 22 minutes ago
LINTHICUM, Md. -- Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN - News), the network specialist, today announced that Cable & Wireless Panama has upgraded its nationwide backbone network using the family of CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platforms. The new network provides efficient transport for a variety of TDM and transparent Ethernet services using advanced Optical Transport Network (OTN) and software-programmable port technologies that maximize the operator's flexibility for offering multipl...
C&W Panama Picks Ciena
Cable Digital News | 36 days 11 hours 35 minutes ago
LINTHICUM, Md. -- Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN - News), the network specialist, today announced that Cable & Wireless Panama has upgraded its nationwide backbone network using the family of CN 4200® FlexSelect® Advanced Services Platforms. The new network provides efficient transport for a variety of TDM and transparent Ethernet services using advanced Optical Transport Network (OTN) and software-programmable port technologies that maximize the operators flexibility for offering multiple ...
U.K.'s FTSE 100 Rebounds as Tesco, Wolseley, Cable & Wireless Shares Gain
Bloomberg | 34 days 9 hours 53 minutes ago
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks gained, rebounding from earlier losses, as Morgan Stanley reported better-than-estimated earnings and analysts recommended companies from Tesco Plc to Wolseley Plc and Cable & Wireless Plc.
U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by Cable & Wireless, Shire; BA Shares Decline
Bloomberg | 29 days 10 hours 49 minutes ago
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks advanced for a second day as gains in Cable & Wireless Plc and Shire Plc offset a sell-off in British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest carrier.
U.K. Stocks Pare Their Losses; Cable & Wireless, Wolseley Shares Advance
Bloomberg | 34 days 11 hours 51 minutes ago
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks pared declines, led by a rally in Cable & Wireless Plc and Wolseley Plc.
MANCHESTER & LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Annual Financial Report [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 64 days 10 hours 58 minutes ago
Manchester & London Investment Trust Plc
FTSE 100 Set for Weekly Drop as Tui Travel Falls; Cable & Wireless Gains
Bloomberg | 4 days 10 hours 46 minutes ago
Thomas Cook and Tui Travel sank more than 5 percent after Morgan Stanley downgraded the shares. Redrow Plc and Taylor Wimpey Plc led a retreat among homebuilders after Nationwide Building Society said more Britons losing their jobs and a higher number of properties available for sale next year will force down prices. Cable & Wireless Plc added 1.4 percent after JPMorgan Chase & Co. recommended the stock.
Cable & Wireless Confirms Demerger Plan
Wall Street Journal, The | 19 days 15 hours 46 minutes ago
LONDON--U.K. telecom carrier Cable & Wireless PLC said Thursday it will push ahead with plans to demerge amid early signs of improving conditions in financial markets, but cut its full-year earnings guidance due to tough trading conditions in the Caribbean.
Cable & Wireless confirms demerger plan, cuts FY view
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 19 days 16 hours 43 minutes ago
U.K.-based telco to publish further information on plans to split businesses later this month.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Cable and Wireless plc |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Fixed-line Voice Services Providers |
| Website: | http://www.cw.com |
For Cable and Wireless, the more things change, the more things stay the same. The company is still dealing with cable and wireless technologies (albeit of a different nature) some 80 years after its founding, offering telecommunications and data services to customers around the globe. Cable and Wireless operates through two business units -- CWI (formerly International) and Worldwide (formerly the Europe, Asia & US operations). Its offerings include a full range of wireless and fixed-line services, as well as broadband Internet access, business data services, and network and security management. Cable and Wireless plans to break up into two companies, spinning off the Worldwide business.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 5,180.6 (2009) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -17.6 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 321.1 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -26.8 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 13,152 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -5.0 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | March |