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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_(Cable_&_Wireless_Communications,_2016)
gptkb:Vodafone_(Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide,_2012)
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:defunct
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2010
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gptkbp:dissolved
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2010
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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:headquarters_location
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gptkb:London
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cable & Wireless plc
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gptkbp:industry
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telecommunications
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gptkbp:listedOn
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gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Communications
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gptkbp:notable_for
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one of the world’s oldest telecommunications companies
pioneering international telegraphy
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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telecommunications services
submarine telegraph cables
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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about 8,000 (2009)
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gptkbp:originalName
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gptkb:The_Eastern_Telegraph_Company
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:British_government_(nationalized_1947–1981)
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gptkbp:privatized
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1981
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Limited_(1934)
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_plc_(1981)
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gptkbp:servesArea
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global
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Anguilla
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Barbados
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Bermuda
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_British_Virgin_Islands
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Cayman_Islands
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Dominica
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Fiji
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Gibraltar
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Grenada
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Guernsey
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_HKT
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Hong_Kong
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Isle_of_Man
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Jamaica
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Maldives
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Montserrat
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Panama
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Samoa
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Seychelles
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Solomon_Islands
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_St._Helena
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_St._Kitts_&_Nevis
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_St._Lucia
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_St._Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Turks_&_Caicos
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Vanuatu
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Communications
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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gptkb:LSE:_CW.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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