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. Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ...

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.

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.

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.

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 it's shareholders the current listed financial breakdown for CWPLC is as formentioned by regional business segment.

Total CWPLC turnover ~ £3,023 million (Source: [1])

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)
    • Anguilla - Official website
    • Antigua and Barbuda - Official website
    • British Virgin Islands - Official website
    • Montserrat - Website n/a
    • Saint Lucia - Official website
    • Turks and Caicos - Official website

Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ... TSTT - Telecommunication Services Of Trinidad & Tobago TSTT Is Currently The Largest Telephone & Internet Provider In Trinidad & Tobago Homepage: http://tstt. ... The Turks and Caicos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas, at 21°45N, 71°35W. The thirty islands total 166 sq. ...

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

See also: Cable & Wireless Plc. Cable and Wireless (LSE: CW.) is a British telecommunications company. ...

External link

• Cable & Wireless - Caribbean Homepage