Editing Cable & Wireless plc (section)

{{Short description|British telecom firm}}
{{about|the company that traded until 2010|the companies it was split into|Cable & Wireless Communications|and|Cable & Wireless Worldwide|other uses|Cable & Wireless (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name               = Cable & Wireless plc
| logo               = Cable & Wireless.svg
| logo_size          = 200px
| traded_as          = {{LSE was|CW.}}
| foundation         = 1869
| defunct            = 26 March 2010
| fate               = Split to form [[Cable & Wireless Communications]] and [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide]]
| location           = [[Bracknell]], Berkshire, United Kingdom
| num_employees      = 
| industry           = [[Telecommunication]]s
| products           = 
| revenue            = 
| operating_income   = 
| net_income         = 
| homepage           = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090514155639/http://www.cw.com/ cw.com] (archived)
}}

'''Cable & Wireless plc''' was a British [[telecommunication]]s company. In the mid-1980s, it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative [[telephone]] service to [[BT Group|British Telecom]] (via subsidiary [[Mercury Communications]]). The company later offered [[cable television|cable TV]] to its customers, but it sold its cable assets to [[NTL Incorporated|NTL]] in 2000. It remained a significant player in the UK telecoms market and in certain overseas markets, especially in the former British colonies of the [[Caribbean]], where it was formerly the monopoly incumbent. It was also the main supplier of communication in the British South Atlantic, including [[Saint Helena]] and the [[Falkland Islands]]. It was listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and was a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]].

The company split in March 2010, with its international division demerging to form [[Cable & Wireless Communications]], acquired by [[Liberty Global]] in 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schweizer|first=Kristen|date=2015-11-16|title=Liberty Global to Acquire Cable & Wireless in $5.3 Billion Deal|language=en|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-16/liberty-global-to-buy-cable-wireless-in-5-3-billion-deal|access-date=2021-09-13}}</ref> and since spun-off in 2018 from Liberty Global to Liberty Latin America,<ref>{{Cite press release|date=2018-01-02|title=Liberty Latin America Completes Split-Off from Liberty Global|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/01/02/1277094/0/en/Liberty-Latin-America-Completes-Split-Off-from-Liberty-Global.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-13|publisher=Liberty Latin America Ltd.|language=en|via=GlobeNewswire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103205316/https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/01/02/1277094/0/en/Liberty-Latin-America-Completes-Split-Off-from-Liberty-Global.html |archive-date=3 January 2018 }}</ref> while the remainder of the Cable & Wireless business became [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide]] and was acquired by [[Vodafone]] in 2012.