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Cable & Wireless Worldwide

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British multinational telecommunications services company

Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC (informally Cable & Wireless) was a British multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom. It was formed in 2010 by the split of Cable & Wireless plc into two companies, the other being Cable & Wireless Communications serving Central America and the Caribbean (and now a part of Liberty Latin America).2 It is part of Vodafone.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1860Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersBracknell1
  • Websitewww.cwc.com

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Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC (informally Cable & Wireless) was a British multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom. It was formed in 2010 by the split of Cable & Wireless plc into two companies, the other being Cable & Wireless Communications serving Central America and the Caribbean (and now a part of Liberty Latin America).2

Corporate structure

Cable & Wireless Worldwide is part of a group headed by Vodafone. 126 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Cable & Wireless1

Timeline

  1. Mar 26, 2010Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1860Founded Founded1

Sources

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