Cable & Wireless International is the world’s pre-eminent full service telecommunications provider in small to medium sized markets. We operate in 33 countries (including the Caribbean, Panama, the Channel Islands, Monaco and Macau), providing a full range of telecoms services. Our ambition is to be the first choice for customers in every market and a key partner for Governments in delivering their economic development agendas.
Over the past few years our business has been through a significant transformation as our markets have been liberalized. We are now at a stage where 93% of our revenues are generated in competitive markets. With every year our competitive appetite increases and we deliver more for our customers.
Cable & Wireless is committed to delivering a world-class telecoms experience to its customers in all corners of the world by investing in technology, our people and our brands.
Key Facts - Internation Businesses, Fiscal Year 2004/2005
- C&W International employs 10,000 people around the world
- Cable & Wireless International’s revenue improved by 6 percent year on year to £1.2 billion, due to strong performance in the growth areas of mobile and broadband
- C&W is market leader in 18 out of the 22 markets in which it provides mobile services. In 2005/2006 mobile revenues in creased by 17% and customer numbers increased by 22%
- C&W is market leader in all of the 21 markets in which it provides broadband services – customer demand for these services, coupled with competitive prices and increased speeds, has led to a 72% increase in broadband revenues and a 97% increase in customer numbers over the past fiscal year.
- C&W is market leader in all of the 21 markets in which it provides broadband services – customer demand for these services, coupled with competitive prices and increased speeds, has led to a 72% increase in broadband revenues and a 97% increase in customer numbers over the past fiscal year.
- C&W has over 275, 000 broadband customers and 2.7 million mobile phone users
- C&W International invested £78 million in 2005/06 across the Caribbean to improve the customer experience across all product offerings
Performance
The International Business is profitable and the cash generative component of the overall C&W business. Its primary focus is on driving growth and revenue in the key areas of Mobile and Broadband. C&WI’s overall objective is to be the leading full service telecoms provider in each of the countries in which it operates. This is underpinned by efforts to reduce and control costs, whilst strengthening operational capability through shared best practice.
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Operations
C&W International businesses: Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Diego Garcia, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guernsey, Jamaica, Jersey, Macau, Monaco, Montserrat, Panama, St. Helena, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Seychelles, Turks & Caicos Islands.
C&W International has 9 joint ventures and associates: Dhiraagu (Maldives), Bateleco (Bahrain), Trinidad and Tobago Telecoms Services (TSTT) and The South Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.)
