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Cable & Wireless switches chiefs
News The chief executive responsible for issuing four profit warnings and cutting thousands of staff at troubled telecom group Cable & Wireless is to leave the company on 4 April. Also appointed to the Cable & Wireless board is Kevin Loosemore, formerly...
[April 2, 2003, 17:58]
Cable company sacks six for email "misuse"
News Another six employees have lost their jobs for alleged "misuse" of email as Cable & Wireless confirmed Tuesday it has dismissed six people from its Birmingham office. Cable & Wireless is keeping quiet on the details of this case but issued a...
[November 29, 2000, 15:13]
Cable & Wireless Clears the Airways for Britannia
White Papers Although Britannia considered a number of suppliers, it selected Cable & Wireless because of a good experience when procuring solutions from the company previously. Britannia Airways is one of the world's leading holiday airlines, with over 40...
[February 17, 2009, 0:23]
Cable & Wireless may buy Thus
News Cable & Wireless has approached the network operator Thus to discuss a possible takeover. On Thursday, Cable & Wireless issued a statement to its investors in which it said it "notes the recent movement in the share price of Thus Group and confirms...
[May 29, 2008, 15:44]
Cable & Wireless, Ericsson seal FMC deal
News Telecoms-kit company Ericsson has signed a five-year, £30m contract with telco Cable & Wireless to supply and manage a GSM mobile network that will let Cable & Wireless sell FMC (fixed-mobile convergence) services.
[September 15, 2008, 8:23]
Cable & Wireless Reinvents Communications for Heinz
White Papers The company chose Cable & Wireless to help plan and implement solutions to suit its changing business needs. International food manufacturer HJ Heinz wanted to restructure its operations, but soon recognised the need for enhanced communications if...
[February 17, 2009, 0:23]
US Report: Cable modems outpace ADSL
News At Home, the cable modem service jointly owned by Tele-Communications and several other large cable companies, recently said it closed the second quarter with 147,000 subscribers, up from 90,000 at the end of March and 50,000 at the end of 1997.
[August 3, 1998, 9:22]
Cable deal sees Freeserve expand broadband
News Freeserve is to resell ntl's cable broadband product in a deal that the ISP claims will, when added to its existing ADSL service, give it the largest broadband footprint in the UK. The Freeserve broadband cable service will go on sale later this...
[May 13, 2002, 12:23]
Cable & Wireless buys Thus
News Cable & Wireless has bought the Thus Group, after the Office of Fair Trading cleared the acquisition in mid-September. The company is now known as 'Thus, a Cable & Wireless business'. Cable & Wireless first approached Thus in May to discuss a...
[October 2, 2008, 13:01]
Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi
News The carriers have largely ignored the phenomenon, and the recent warning letters represent the first time the cable providers have taken action to punish people who set up the networks. Time Warner Cable of New York City has given 10 customers less...
[July 9, 2002, 13:11]
Cable & Wireless axes 3,500 jobs
News Troubled telecoms giant Cable & Wireless is cutting 3,500 jobs from its loss-making global division, which provides Web site hosting and telecoms services for companies worldwide, and which accounts for more than two-thirds of Cable and Wireless's...
[November 13, 2002, 14:19]
Cable & Wireless surges back into broadband unbundling
News Cable & Wireless opened up a new assault on BT on Friday by purchasing Bulldog Communications for £18.6m. This acquisition will give Cable & Wireless a foothold in the UK local-loop unbundling (LLU) market, letting it create and sell businesses...
[May 28, 2004, 13:40]
Cable firms launch wireless broadband home networking kit
News Cable customers are being offered the chance to build their own high-speed wireless home network, by signing up for trials being operated by ntl and Telewest. Electronics manufacturer Pace announced on Wednesday that both cable firms plan to run...
[January 30, 2002, 16:40]
What DSL? Cable enthusiasts pipe up
News Responding to a ZDNet News column touting the advantages of DSL over cable when it comes to broadband Internet access, TalkBack correspondents waxed enthusiastic about their experiences with cable's pricing and service.
[April 20, 2000, 13:10]
Cable Star - Cat5 Edition
Downloads A handy tool for IT employees and network cable installers alike. Cable Star - Cat5 contains two diagrams of pin-outs for a straight thru cable ends and a cross over ends as well as a database for keeping track of job statistics such as footage of...
[September 5, 2001, 8:00]
Cable Access Q&A - Part One
White Papers Accessing the Internet using a Cable Network (and a cable modem) is becoming increasingly more popular due to the much greater speed than is available through telephone-modem access. A Cable modem is a device at the subscriber end of a cable that...
[March 30, 2004, 0:00]
Five years ago: Cable modem road could be bumpy
News A Hayes executive yesterday warned that the advent of cable modems could be strewn with difficulties. The comments came on the back of Nynex CableComms' announcement earlier this week that it plans to trial Motorola's CyberSURFR cable modems in the...
[October 16, 2001, 8:00]
Cable & Wireless, Orange join forces on FMC
News Cable & Wireless has picked Orange as its fixed-mobile convergence bedfellow. Cable & Wireless's FMC system will use low-power GSM spectrum for in-building coverage, powered by picocells (the big brother cellular tech of femtocells), rather than Wi...
[March 6, 2008, 8:00]
Cable/dsl router User friendly machine
Member Review At £56 from pcupgrader.com this is very good value and simple to set up if you have a cable broadband
connection. As a novice/silver surfer the WBR2-G54 Wireless Router is just brilliant.
[January 24, 2005, 12:09]
Cable and Wireless teams up with PC World
News This time the catch is that customers must buy a computer from PC world and subscribe to the Cable and Wireless telephone service. Alternatively, to qualify for cheaper calls, Cable and Wireless users must make at least £4.50 of local, national and...
[July 28, 1999, 17:02]
