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{{Short description|British multinational telecommunications services company}} {{for|the former Cable & Wireless business that Cable & Wireless Worldwide succeeded in 2010|Cable & Wireless plc}} {{see also|Cable & Wireless Communications}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC | logo = Cable & Wireless Worldwide.svg | logo_size = 250px | traded_as = | company_slogan = | foundation = {{start date and age|2010|03|26|df=yes}} | defunct = {{start date and age|2013|04|01|df=yes}} | successor = [[Vodafone]] | location = [[Bracknell]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | num_employees = | industry = [[Telecommunications industry|Telecommunications]] | products = | revenue = [[Pound sterling|Β£]]2,257 million (2011)<ref name=prelims>[http://www.cw.com/assets/content/pdfs/resource/preliminary-results-2011-press-release-24-may-2011.pdf Preliminary Results 2011]</ref> | operating_income = Β£170 million (2011)<ref name=prelims/> | net_income = Β£209 million (2011)<ref name=prelims/> | homepage = {{URL|http://vodafone.com/business/global-enterprise}} }} '''Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC''' (informally '''Cable & Wireless''') was a British [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[telecommunications service]]s 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]]). Cable & Wireless Worldwide specialised in servicing large corporates, governments, carriers and resellers and its services included managed [[Voice over IP|voice]], [[Data (computing)|data]] and [[Internet Protocol|IP]]-based services. It had operations in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, the Middle East & Africa and North America.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cw.com/about-cable-wireless-worldwide/ |title=C&W - About us |access-date=15 December 2010 |archive-date=27 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227111027/http://www.cw.com/about-cable-wireless-worldwide |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company was bought by [[Vodafone]] in July 2012 and integrated into the business on 1 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://enterprise.vodafone.co.uk/welcome-to-vodafone/ |title=Welcome to Vodafone | Vodafone UK Enterprise |access-date=2013-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629132629/http://enterprise.vodafone.co.uk/welcome-to-vodafone |archive-date=29 June 2013 }}</ref>
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