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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:telecommunications_company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Liberty_Global
gptkb:Vodafone
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:defunct
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2010
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gptkbp:formerName
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gptkb:Eastern_Telegraph_Company
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gptkbp:founded
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1869
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:John_Pender
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:London,_United_Kingdom
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cable & Wireless
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gptkbp:industry
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telecommunications
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gptkbp:keyPerson
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gptkb:John_Pender
gptkb:Tony_Rice
gptkb:Richard_D._Lapthorne
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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split into Cable & Wireless Communications and Cable & Wireless Worldwide in 2010
merged with Mercury Communications
nationalized by UK government in 1947
privatized in 1981
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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telecommunications services
submarine telegraph cables
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:Liberty_Global
gptkb:Vodafone
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gptkbp:servesArea
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worldwide
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gptkbp:stockExchange
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gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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gptkb:CW.L
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Communications
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:PSINet_Japan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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