Cable & Wireless plc

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:telecommunications_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Liberty_Global_(Cable_&_Wireless_Communications,_2016)
gptkb:Vodafone_(Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide,_2012)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:defunct 2010
gptkbp:dissolved 2010
gptkbp:founded 1869
gptkbp:founder gptkb:John_Pender
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cable & Wireless plc
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Communications
gptkbp:notable_for one of the world’s oldest telecommunications companies
pioneering international telegraphy
gptkbp:notableProduct telecommunications services
submarine telegraph cables
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 8,000 (2009)
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:The_Eastern_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:British_government_(nationalized_1947–1981)
gptkbp:privatized 1981
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Limited_(1934)
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_plc_(1981)
gptkbp:servesArea global
gptkbp:subsidiary 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
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide
gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Communications
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:LSE:_CW.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cable_&_Wireless_Worldwide
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6