Cable & Wireless (Caribbean)
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Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd. is a leading wholly owned telecommunications subsidiary of the British-based parent company Cable & Wireless (C&W) plc. This regional subsidiary covers 15 former British colonies of the Caribbean region and is made up of several fairly autonomous Cable & Wireless telecommunications business units.
Many of these Cable & Wireless units operate as the native incumbent telecommunications service providers in the island they reside and offer an array of services.
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[edit] Services
- International/Domestic Voice telephone services;
- Data/IP services such as ADSL, Frame, or ISDN via the brand name Caribsurf;
- Mobile/Wireless serices including Blackberry;
- other services included satellite based communications, and television services for select countries.
[edit] Historical and current
The history of Cable and Wireless' network build-out in the Caribbean region dates back to the 1880's. In recent times the West Indies unit has been considered 'key' in global revenue turnover. 'Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd. is currently the most profitable market outside of the United Kingdom for the parent company Cable and Wireless Plc. The overall primary markets of C&W are: The United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco.
[edit] C&W Regional profits
In 2005 according to the 2005 C&W annual report:
- United Kingdom turnover: £1,602 million
- Caribbean turnover: £550 million
- Panama turnover: £257 million
- Macau turnover: £117 million
- Monaco Telecom turnover: £100 million
- Rest of the World turnover: £167 million
- Figures are from the financial report released to its shareholders the current listed financial breakdown for CWPLC is as formentioned by regional business segment.
Total CWPLC turnover ~ £3,023 million (Source: [1])
[edit] Company business units in the Caribbean
- Cable & Wireless plc (CWPLC).
- Cable & Wireless (Cayman Islands) Ltd. - Official website
- Cable & Wireless Jamaica - Official website (82% owned)
- Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd - Official website (49% Owned)
- Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd. (CWWI)
[edit] REBRANDED UNITS OF (CWWI)
- Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Ltd. - Official website (81% owned)
- Cable & Wireless Dominica - Official website (80% owned)
- Cable & Wireless Grenada Ltd. - Official website (70% Owned)
- Cable & Wireless St. Kitts and Nevis Ltd. - Official website (65% owned)
- Cable & Wireless Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Official website
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