Fixed Line Telecommunications

C&W Caribbean earnings down

Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Cable and Wireless has reported a 10 per cent drop in revenues from its LIME operations in the Caribbean and it has blamed the recession for the fall off.

Telecoms: C&W to demerge as it warns on profits, Huawei of Chi...

Arts Reader (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/73UJGG/IWJX5/SXKPYJ/306VG/ Telecoms Friday November 06 2009 FT.com - Telecoms C&W to demerge as it warns on profits Cable and Wireless announced it is to demerge its UK and international businesses by mid-2010 but a profits warning sent...

Cable and Wireless to split - Caribbean underperforms but group reports profit

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

British telecoms systems company Cable and Wireless PLC announced yesterday that it intends to split into two units, CWI and Worldwide, to increase profit potential. The company said details of its demerger plans would be disclosed before the end of the month....

Digiweb to acquire Smart Telecom

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

SMART TELECOM, which has been in examinership since August, is to be acquired by rival Digiweb subject the approval of its creditors and the High Court.

C&W will still need to telegraph its demerger details

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

As a company that built its reputation forging telegraph links over long distances, Cable and Wireless knows how to stretch things out. So it should come as no surprise that we have to wait for more details of its long-planned demerger

C&W sets scene but is reticent on detail

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The lack of detail about a demerger of Cable and Wireless's UK and international telecoms businesses has been viewed by analysts as a gambit to test the market

Cable and Wireless in demerger plan

Independent.ie - European RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Telecommunications giant Cable and Wireless has revived demerger proposals that will see the group split its UK and regional businesses.

Cable and Wireless to split in 2

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

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.

• Cable & Wireless going ahead with demerger - Market Watch

Telemarketing war erupts - Digicel granted injunction against LIME - Claims rival targeting 53,000 high-user clients

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Digicel Jamaica Limited obtained an injunction from the Supreme Court last Friday barring rival Cable and Wireless/LIME Jamaica from using shared industry data to target Digicel's high user clients. The disclosure by Digicel is the latest in a round of legal salvos...

What is the next step for TP and CYFRA+?

MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

*What is the next step for TP and CYFRA+? ** Rafal Tomasiak * last update: 2009-11-02 16:25:13** source: Inf. wł. * Telekomunikacja Polska (Polish Telecom) declares its willingness to...

Telefonica claims 260 million customers

The Telecom (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

Spain-based Telefonica SA has expanded its global customer base to over 260 million, compared with 242.2 million at the end of June. Telefonica is Spain’s largest telecommunications company by market value and customers. It is about to embark on a rebranding campaign and is seeking an advertising agency to run the campaign across key markets. [...]

Egypt telecom licence attracts 16 interested bidders

Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

(Telecompaper) Sixteen firms have bought bid documents for Egypt's new telecom licences, the industry regulator said. Among the companies which have confirmed their interest are mobile operators Mobinil and Vodafone and regional operator Orascom Telecom. The head of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Amr Badawi, told Reuters that 16 firms purchased the documents but did not provide names....

Brawn and Q-Tel agree partnership for Abu Dhabi GP

F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Brawn GP is pleased to confirm a one-race partnership with Qatar Telecom for the final race of the 2009 Formula One season, the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which takes place at the spectacular Yas Marina circuit this weekend.

$100m cellular lawsuit - LIME takes Digicel to court ... again

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Cable and Wireless Jamaica Limited, trading as LIME, on Monday filed a $100-million lawsuit against big rival Digicel Jamaica Limited, on allegations of a $2.48 disparity in call termination charges and claims of unfair competition in the billing of fixed to mobile rates...

Portland interlude

upside down in cloud (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

A quick look at life in Portland in May 1997. I was working on MV Havelet, a ferry that had been retired from the Channel Island run and which was now tied up in the former navy base, waiting to be bought by somebody. There was a small crew of Poles- a bosun, a deckhand, a greaser and a steward- there was Jim Nelson the Chief Engineer, and there was me. It was a fairly relaxed time, tinkering with...