In The News
14 May 2012
Telecoms magazine Capacity reports that Darren Webb has been appointed MD of Asia Pacific for Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW). He will oversee CWW’s expansion in the region and have overall responsibility for enterprise and carrier sales, service delivery, marketing, finance and people functions. Webb has been with CWW since 1996 and has held various sales and management positions.
Fierce Telecom reports that CWW is preparing its network to support the ever-growing demand for data services by laying a foundation for a new 100G optical network in Europe. The new 1,740-mile 100G network will complement the existing intercontinental 40G network it has in place for the various countries it already serves.
11 May 2012
Capacity Magazine reports that Ciena has upgraded Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s (CWW) 2,800km London to Monaco route to 100Gbps. The route, which also has drop off points in Milan, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Amsterdam, is now claimed to be the longest 100Gbps link in Europe deployed to date. The upgrade builds upon a longstanding relationship between CWW and Ciena and was carried out with no network infrastructure changes. Ciena upgraded the system by adding the 100Gbps wavelength alongside existing in service 40Gbps channels.
10 May 2012
Fundraising magazine highlights how the CWW Foundation is inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding. The scheme, now in its second year, aims to enhance the lives of people with special needs through communications expertise.
09 May 2012
Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s partner Ciena announced plans for a 100G network for Europe to prepare its infrastructure for future data needs. At over 2,800km long, the company claims it is the longest 100G line in Europe and it will build on the capabilities of the Europe India Gateway, built by 16 partners including CWW between London and India to bring greater connectivity between the two continents via an undersea cable system.
30 April 2012
The Indian Post features Cable&Wireless Worldwide in an article about the UK Smart Grid and how upgrades to the UK’s power distribution could not only boost the economy but also create up to 10,000 new jobs.
26 April 2012
SmartGridNews reports about Cable&Wireless Worldwide supplying technology for an innovative project in Southeast England which could make wind energy easier, faster and cheaper to attach to the grid. The UK tries to increase the number of wind farms to meet its 2020 carbon mandates. However, it is currently too expensive and too risky for wind developers to build because of the cost and time to connect the farms to the grid. We are providing secure, next-generation network and managed services for the project.
16 April 2012
Thirdsector.co.uk report that the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Foundation is inviting organisations that work with people who have special needs to apply for grants of up to £10,000. Charities must fulfil two sets of criteria: to be an organisation or individual that supports people with special needs and to use the funds to help improve communications, such as websites.
12 April 2012
PC Advisor reports on our “rapid retailing" campaign.
11 April 2012
Computerworld UK reports that websites must provide a "rapid retailing" experience if they want to expand their consumer sales, according to research. Driven by the instant nature of digital technology and the proliferation of mobile devices, YouGov said consumers expect instant access to product information and to move effortlessly between mobile and online retail channels. The survey, commissioned by Cable&Wireless Worldwide, shows that price continues to be important for shoppers, with more than half saying cheap prices are their number one priority when choosing a retailer.
10 April 2012
The Recruiter, the principal magazine for the UK recruitment profession, reports today that within the changing IT and telecoms sector, recruiters have their work cut out. The extra workload is most certainly not due to a lack of jobs. The technology industry is not just about developers and coding and a need for passionate, highly technical individuals. There is also strong demand for business consultants, support staff, marketing and sales staff.
05 April 2012
CWW released UK research (conducted by YouGov) into people’s priorities when shopping. It reveals significant demand for immediate gratification in the shopping experience – people want products and product info instantly, and if they don’t get it, they’ll go to another retailer. Retailers need faster, more engaging ways to interact with customers and convert sales – relying on a raft of technologies from point of sale and display innovations to a more sophisticated back office infrastructure. Speed and convenience (‘rapid retailing’) are top consumer priorities.
02 April 2012
A YouGov survey of nearly 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW), found that rapid retailing’ expectations increasingly influence buying behaviour. Diane McAuliffe, CWW retail, director, spoke exclusively to Retail Technology about this shift. She highlights that businesses need faster, more engaging ways to interact with customers and convert sales – relying on a raft of technologies and more sophisticated back office infrastructure.
30 March 2012
DataCentre Solutions and Total Telecom report on Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s (CWW) partnership with CloudSleuth. As part of the CloudSleuth community, CWW now provides transparent benchmark data for the performance of its public cloud services. For organisations that are still concerned about downtime and SLAs around cloud services, this information will help to make more informed decisions about IT infrastructure purchases.
29 March 2012
LightReading reports that Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) has partnered with CloudSleuth, a partner community that monitors cloud hosting services and fosters the development of best practices for the cloud. Working with the CloudSleuth community, CWW makes available unbiased real-time benchmarking data for the performance of its public cloud services. As concerns around availability and SLAs are still barriers to the wider adoption of cloud, this transparency will help organisations make informed cloud purchasing decisions.
27 March 2012
Computing.co.uk reports that the Cabinet Office has announced the winning bids to supply the multi-million pound Public Service Network (PSN) connectivity framework. Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been selected as one of the 12 suppliers. The PSN aims to cut the cost of delivering services by interconnecting disparate government networks.
The HR magazine reports Cable&Wireless Worldwide will be certified as one of Britain's Top Employers. The CRF Institute (the company behind this annual research project) announced the 12th annual list of companies to be certified as Britain's Top Employers. This was based upon research into their HR practices and employee offerings.
26 March 2012
V3.co.uk reported on Friday that the government has announced the list of 12 networking firms chosen to provide its Public Service Network (PSN) framework. Cable&Wireless Worldwide was amongst the companies selected for the project. The PSN is intended to reduce the cost of using communication services across government by creating a single network that connects Whitehall and other public sector organisations to drive cost reductions and simplifying the rollout of network services. The framework is set to be worth between £500m and £3bn.
According to reports by Mobile Magazine, Cable&Wireless Worldwide is believed to be among the consortia in the running for the contracts to deliver the communication network for the Government's smart meter programme. The £4.5bn project aims to fit 30 million homes and businesses with smart energy meters by 2019. Running between nine to 15 years the contract and its potential for revenue generation is significant.
23 March 2012
Computerworld UK reports that the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority is outsourcing its 999 emergency control service. Service provider Capita will supply a new "high-tech" 999 control system and run it on behalf of the Brigade. The article also highlights that the 999 emergency number is a centralised service run nationally by Cable&Wireless Worldwide, which sees callers transferred to the relevant call room, whether it's for an ambulance, police or fire service.
21 March 2012
The American Digital Journal reports on a new partnership between Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) and Zero Barriers. The cloud solutions consultancy will offer its customers a range of innovative services and solutions via the CWW Ecosystem.
17 March 2012
The Mobile Marketing magazine reports that Cable&Wireless Worldwide has selected mobile web development firm Bemoko to deliver its mobile web and multichannel technology, which enables clients to enhance their customer experience across multiple digital channels, integrate and align all customer contact points for retailers.
16 March 2012
Datacentre Dynamics reports on Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s new project to establish a fibre connection between Western Europe and the Middle East. Frankfurt-based ancotel’s data centre has been selected as one of the three Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) hubs for Western Europe. The Frankfurt to Oman connection is scheduled for completion in May 2012 and will give the Gulf region additional connectivity options.
Further coverage from CWW’s new contract win with IPC was covered in Bloomberg Business Week, Business World, Telecom Ramblings, Bernama.com, Menafn.com, Low-Latency.com, ENP Newswire, and Bobs Guide (online collaborative portal), amongst several other US publications.
15 March 2012
DataCentre Solutions reports on the partnership between HiSoftware and Cable&Wireless Worldwide. Under the partnership Cable&Wireless will take HiSoftware’s compliance solutions to its clients, helping organisations to stay on top of regulatory issues in today’s content rich world.
Our new contract with IPC has been covered in Marketwatch, telecomlead, and some other online portals.
14 March 2012
Total Telecom reports on a new partnership between Cable&Wireless Worldwide and HiSoftware. Under the deal HiSoftware’s content-aware compliance and security solution will be available to CWW customers. The technology monitors content for potential compliance issues – keeping information safe and within regulatory guidelines.
13 March 2012
Optical networking specialist Infinera announced it is to partner with Cable&Wireless Worldwide to provide a 10,000km long cable from Frankfurt to Oman, passing through Iran. It will provide a reliable fast land-based alternative to underwater cable networks.
09 March 2012
The Cloud Computing Journal reports that Greenstone Carbon Management has announced a partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) to provide carbon management solutions and services allowing the organisation to demonstrate the carbon, energy and cost savings customers can realise by moving to the CWW Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform.
08 March 2012
Optical technology magazine Lightwave reports that Cable&Wireless Worldwide has selected Infinera's Digital Optical Network equipment for the Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) network, delivering a network connection between Europe and Asia. The 10,000-km network is designed to provide an alternative to existing undersea connections between Europe and the Middle East that run through the Red Sea, Suez Canal, Egypt, or the Mediterranean Sea.
08 February 2012
Paul Bissell, head of reward has been featured in this month’s Employee Benefits magazine in a ‘movers and shakers of the benefits industry feature.
07 February 2012
The Independent has published an article on Natasha Carpenter and the telecoms engineering apprenticeship she is currently completing with C&W Worldwide.
31 January 2012
Diarmid Massey, Managing Director for Global Wholesale & Carrier, was interviewed by Capacity TV on how to develop and grow a successful partnership programme in the carrier space.
30 January 2012
Computing has published an article stating that we are using Cisco UCS as the foundation for our cloud service hosting platform as part of the next-generation network (NGN).
27 January 2012
Energy Now has published an article mentioning our involvement, with Silver Springs, in the EcoIsland project on the Isle of Wight.
26 January 2012
Total Telecom, DatacenterDynamics, QCK, ITWire, and Cloud Computing 365 have featured the news that we are expanding our data hosting capacity through an agreement with data centre operator, Infinity.
25 January 2012
Sharecast, Bullbearings, London South East, IT-Analysis and The Data Chain have published articles about Cable&Wireless Worldwide expanding its data hosting capability.
24 January 2012
Comms Business has published an article about the appointment of Michelle Senecal de Fonseca as new global managing director for hosting services.
20 January 2012
Capacity Magazine has published ‘The life in the day of…’ Maria Casley, head of buying, international voice business, Cable&Wireless Worldwide, in which she discusses her role in the company.
Capacity Magazine has also published news of our partnership with the WIOCC, the cable consortium behind the East Africa Submarine System (EASSy).
19 January 2012
We have received coverage in Light Reading India as a result of an interview with Shali Thilakan, MD (India and South Asia). Excerpts - Our focus is on managed telecom services and, to this end, we have invested in a next-generation Multi-Service Platform (MSP) capability in India and elsewhere in the world to drive accelerated growth across the globe. The total addressable managed services opportunity, according to Forrester Research, in India is pegged at around $8.27 billion by 2013, growing at a CAGR of 19 percent.
18 January 2012
European Communications has published news of our collaboration with Equinix on a cloud infrastructure as a service strategy.
17 January 2012
Business Green has published news of our collaboration, with Silver Spring Networks, on the EcoIsland project on the Isle of Wight. Green Futures has also featured this news.
16 January 2012
The Scotsman, Comms Dealer and TelecomPaper have published news of Sean Mahon’s recent appointment as managing director at Thus.
Further coverage of our collaboration with Equinix to offer data centre services to global enterprises has been featured in publications such as Cloud News India, Cell IT, APN News, TheDataChain, Data Centre Dynamics.
13 January 2012
The Times has featured a profile of Sean Mahon, the new managing director of Thus. It highlights that he will retain his responsibilities for C&W Worldwide's mid-market operations.
The Herald Scotland has also published news of Sean Mahon’s appointment.
News of our collaboration with Equinix to offer data centre services to global enterprises has been featured in publications such as Telecom Paper, Data Centres, PC Tech, Telecom TV, Asia Cloud Forum, HFT Review, Telecom Lead, CIOL, Telecom Asia, Cloud News India, 4-Traders, Cell IT and APN News.
12 January 2012
The Daily Mirror has published an article in its ‘Get Britain Working’ section entitled ‘How to get a job in the world of engineering’. The piece mentions Natasha Carpenter, who is currently on an apprenticeship scheme with Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
Equinix has published a press release outlining details of our collaboration in APAC to deliver cloud-based services for global enterprises.
06 January 2012
CleanTech Investor has published news of our involvement with the EcoIsland project in its December edition. The article includes comment from Patrick Ravazet, Director of Utilities and Smart, Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
Gorkana PR has published the appointments of Matt Hotson, as director of investor relations and group communications, and Will Cameron as head of PR for the group.
21 December 2011
Publictechnology.net have mentioned C&W Worldwide in an article about Public Services Network and why 2012 will be PSN’s year.
20 December 2011
Additional coverage of our contract win with ARTEL appeared on Network World Asia, Satellite Today and Commsday.
19 December 2011
Ulster Business has featured an interview with Sean Mahon, managing director of our mid-market channel, in which he discusses business travel.
16 December 2011
The release concerning the Cable&Wireless Worldwide contract win to provide network infrastructure support for ARTEL in the (US) was covered in numerous online publications throughout the US, and on several global newswires such as Telecom Paper, Telecom Lead, BizDaily, as well as CNBC.com and M2M Evolution.
08 December 2011
OAfrica has published news of our partnership with the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), the cable consortium behind the East Africa Submarine System (EASSy).
News of the launch of our Storm hosted communications platform has appeared on Silicon Republic.
07 December 2011
TheDataChain has published news of our forthcoming Flexible Plug and Play (FPP) Low Carbon Networks project with UK Power Networks.
06 December 2011
Telecoms focused publication Capacity Magazine has published news of our partnership with the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC), the cable consortium behind the East Africa Submarine System (EASSy).
The Lawyer has published a profile of Helen Copestick, deputy general counsel at Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
M2M Now has published an article outlining our partnership, with Silver Spring Networks, with UK Power Networks for its forthcoming Flexible Plug and Play (FPP) Low Carbon Networks project.
02 December 2011
The Engineer has included our collaboration with Silver Spring Networks in the EcoIsland Partnership in a rundown of the top 10 contract wins in November.
News of our participation in EcoIsland has also appeared in this weeks edition of the New Statesman in an article on smart technology.
29 November 2011
News of our PNN3 contract with the NPIA has appeared on websites IT-Analysis and IT-Director.
28 November 2011
News of our PNN3 contract with the NPIA has appeared on websites IT Pro and eGov Monitor.
25 November 2011
News that the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has renewed our communications framework deal for the national communications network PNN3 has appeared on Guardian Government Computing and trade publication Computing. PNN3 is a service that allows the secure transmission of data between all UK police forces, criminal justice organisations and related agencies. For the first time, callers will be able to dial 101, a new dedicated number for ''non-emergency'' situations such as car thefts, criminal damage and minor road accidents.
24 November 2011
Comments from Mark Charlesworth, Head of Public Sector Products on cloud-based applications have been featured as a soundbite in the December issue of Comms Business Magazine.
22 November 2011
Datacenter Dynamics have published an article on flexible clouds, which outlines C&W Worldwide’s flexible computing offering and features a quote from Dominic Jones, Director of Products.
18 November 2011
The Economist has featured news of our participation, with Silver Spring Networks, in the EcoIsland project on the Isle of Wight.
The Fundraiser has listed the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Foundation in a roundup of newly registered charities.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s learning technologies manager Mike Booth has been awarded the ‘E-Learning Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement – Individual’ Gold award in E.Learning Age.
17 November 2011
The news that we are to provide Bravura Solutions with a full suite of managed hosting and hybrid cloud services in the UK has received further coverage on a number of websites, including DataCentres.com, TelecomPaper, and Structure Research.
The Economist, Metering.com, Building4Change, TelecomPaper, Solar Power Portal, and Click Green have featured the news of our EcoIsland Partnership, the largest energy sustainability project in the UK
Mike Powell has contributed a byline to Connect World Asia Pacific on how enterprises and the growth of mobile usage are driving Ethernet demand.
16 November 2011
We have announced that we were selected by Bravura Solutions to provide a full suite of managed hosting and hybrid cloud services in the UK. Coverage has included MarketWatch, istockanalyst and SacrementoBee
Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks announced that they have signed an agreement to participate in the EcoIsland Partnership, the largest energy sustainability project in the UK. The EcoIsland Partnership’s objective is to make the Isle of Wight energy self-sufficient by 2020. We’ve received coverage in BBC online, The Star, Utility Products, Utility Week , Cleantech Investor, The Engineer and Renewable Grid.
11 November 2011
News of the EcoIsland smart grid project, which includes Cable&Wireless Worldwide, has been featured on The Engineer, a website focussed on technology and innovation.
10 November 2011
We’ve received coverage on the news that the EcoIsland Partnership Community Interest Company (CIC), a consortium which includes Cable&Wireless Worldwide, will be launched at a Global Innovation Centre for Smart Grid technology. The news has been featured by several publications, including The Telegraph, Smart Meters, and Industrial Fuels and Power.
Payroll Professional Magazine has an article discussing Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s accreditation from the CIPP’s Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) over the last 12 months.
09 November 2011
We’ve been mentioned following our attendance at Capacity Asia event in Kuala Lumpur. Diarmid Massey, managing director for global wholesale and carrier at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, has been quoted commenting that a hybrid private/public cloud model makes sense because everyone’s cloud needs are different, and that carriers have the competitive advantage of offering secure access.
Publication Training Journal highlights Cable&Wireless Worldwide in an article examining the adoption of new technologies for learning in the sector, such as videoconferencing and webinars.
Further coverage has been received on comment from Amy Cooke, Director of Smart utilities, on spiralling energy bills and Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s smart metering offering.
BusinessDesk also references the Ecolsand consortium which is made up of partners including IBM, Toshiba, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Southern Water and Cable&Wireless Worldwide. The aim of the EcoIsland project is to bring together a critical mass of smart energy technologies to demonstrate how a future energy system can be configured.
08 November 2011
News publication IT-Director has published an article featuring comment from Amy Cooke on spiralling energy bills and Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s smart metering offering.
07 November 2011
Richard Wilson, Director of IT Service & Operations, has been mentioned in an article on "CIOs at the 2011 Summit challenge peers to lead" on the CIO magazine website.
04 November 2011
We have received coverage in the latest edition of Network Communications News (pg 36) in a special feature about virtualisation and cloud computing. The article, entitled ‘Self-service’, outlines Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s flexible computing offering.
02 November 2011
Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been listed on Think Broadband as one of three companies to have been short listed to deliver the technical elements of the Connecting Cumbria project.
31 October 2011
Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been listed in this week’s Utility Week as one of the sponsors of the Smart Cities - Enabling the Market with a Utility Internet event in London.
27 October 2011
Online publication Market Watch has featured news on the Broadband Forum G-PON ONU Certification Programme. The article includes a quote from Gavin Young , Head of Strategy & Planning, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Cable&Wireless Worldwide, welcoming the certification programme.
24 October 2011
Newspaper Hull Daily Mail has featured an article on the new non-emergency number, 101, for Humberside Police, noting it is being provided by Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
21 October 2011
Capacity Magazine has published an article about the pricing principles of the telecoms industry which includes several great quotes from Diarmid Massey, VP of international carrier services at Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
20 October 2011
We have received coverage in Comms Dealer magazine about our Public Service Network (PSN) framework agreement with the UK Government. The article includes a photo and a quote from Brian Woodford, MD, Public Sector, Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
19 October 2011
Dominic Jones, products and marketing director for Cable&Wireless Worldwide, attended the launch of Total Telecom’s 2011 Global 100 revenue ranking table of telecoms operators. He has been quoted extensively in an article on the website today discussing the our strategy.
18 October 2011
An article has been published on Cloud Computing 365 attributed to Neil Thomas, cloud computing product manager at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. He writes about the future of the Cloud and the importance of a hybrid approach to cloud computing.
The Daily Telegraph carries an article mentioning Cable&Wireless Worldwide's placement scheme, this is part of today’s International Careers supplement.
17 October 2011
Cable&Wireless Worldwide's CPO Charles Letizia has had a blog post published in Procurement Leaders. Here he discusses procurement outsourcing and new ways of thinking about how it fits in with modern supply models.
The Guardian has an article discussing the government's G-Cloud project and Cable&Wireless Worldwide's plan to introduce a platform where they could offer third party services to the government.
12 October 2011
cio.co.uk features a profile on Richard Wilson, Director of IT Operations at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. Richard discusses the changing corporate mindset at the company.
11 October 2011
An article by Nick Lambert on the benefits of videoconferencing and green technology is featured in the “From The Desk Of” section of The Singapore Business Times.
We’ve received coverage in Networking Plus, which has published an article featuring quotes from Dominic Jones, Director of Product and Marketing, Cable&Wireless Worldwide, discussing Application Performance Management technology and network optimisation.
IPC, in conjunction with its strategic local partners Statel and Cable&Wireless Worldwide, have built a network platform to provide its suite of trader voice and electronic connectivity services to Russian trading firms.
10 October 2011
We’ve received coverage in Global Telecoms Business in an article looking at how pricing and technology decisions dictate emerging market offerings. The article discusses the best way to overcome the strategic challenge of deploying networks in emerging markets. Diarmid Massey, Vice President of Carrier Services sees a case-by-case decision process emerging. From his perspective, the process is dictated as much by each operator's corporate strategy as by the opportunity on the ground.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide is also featured in Global Telecoms Business on a table of leading providers of services to enterprises.
07 October 2011
We’ve received coverage of Richard Wilson, Director of IT Services and Operations talking to CIO UK on his top tips on business, management and building a great team.
06 October 2011
The Times contains an article looking at cloud computing and whether businesses should go for a private or public infrastructure. It notes that there are few data centres which currently have the expertise to manage the most challenging cloud applications and it may be some time before many businesses are mixing their clouds on a routine basis. The piece extensively quotes Neil Thomas, Cloud Product Manager.
05 October 2011
An article attributed to Brian Woodford, Director of Public Sector, is featured in Egovmonitor. The article looks at how the government has successfully created efficiencies in Whitehall, saving £3.75bn – not from doing less, but by doing things more efficiently. Brian discusses how a significant amount of these savings have come from taking a fundamentally different approach to procuring, developing and maintaining IT in the public sector and the implications of this.
An article by Charles Kennaway, VP for Enterprise Sales, APAC, has been featured in the Asia Cloud Forum.
26 September 2011
We’ve received coverage in Utility Week and New Energy World Network discussing the development of a smart grid-style distribution network which is gathering pace in the UK. Suppliers have warned that splitting the smart meter IT and communications contracts into three regions makes managing the data much more complex and increases the likelihood of errors.
23 September 2011
We’ve received coverage in The Independent on our graduate recruitment process. The article highlights the career path of submarine systems engineer Ellis Harkins, who joined Cable&Wireless Worldwide's graduate scheme in 2009. Since joining the international telecoms group, Ellis tours of duty have included Panama, Peru, Jamaica, Israel, Monte Carlo and Cornwall. Submarine cable engineers are responsible for making sure fibre-optic cables laid on the sea bed are maintained in top-notch condition.
22 September 2011
We've received coverage of a letter attributed to Brian Woodford in Local Government Chronicle. It details the key messaging for the GCF press release and the importance of the framework to the public sector. Local Government Chronicle is a key sector publication that is read by top level government, public sector management, local authority chief executives and their senior colleagues.
21 September 2011
We’ve received coverage on our Banking 20:20 campaign in The Financial Times in the UK, US, Asia and European editions in an article on changing demands of banking customers. The article includes an interview with Michele Metcalfe (Director of Banking & Financial Services) and highlights our recent YouGov report. This report found that 60 per cent of respondents said their bank's online offering had become increasingly important to them, ranking higher in importance than trustworthiness, interest rates and charges.
20 September 2011
CIO Asia covers news that Bhupinder Singh has been named a new country manager for Hong Kong, and adds the Hong Kong job to his current role as vice president for delivery, Asia Pacific.
19 September 2011
We've been mentioned in HR Magazine in an article on company car schemes. It notes that when Cable&Wireless Worldwide launched its 'iDrive' scheme last year. The iDrive scheme is part of C&W Worldwide's "Flex Anytime" offer, which means the benefit can be taken when a need arises.
16 September 2011
We’ve received coverage in Internal Auditing & Business Risk Magazine. The article discusses new legislation on bribery, and extensively quotes Paul Moore, Head of Company Secretariat at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. It notes Paul began a review and gap analysis of the company's existing business ethics policy last year with the help of the business's internal audit team.
Coverage has also appeared in Capacity Magazine on the news that Cable&Wireless Worldwide achieved UK accreditation for ISO 14001 this year, and is currently focussed on securing accreditation for the global ISO 14001 scheme.
15 September 2011
As part of our ongoing Banking 2020 campaign, we’ve received coverage in Financial Adviser. The piece covers an interview with Michele Metcalfe, Director of Banking and Financial Services, who comments that IFAs can learn from banks' expert use of technology, including the use of internet banking, to provide modern services and keep their costs down.
Supporting our People Campaign which promotes the talent we have internally, The Independent covers an article which profiles Ellis Harkins, a submarine systems engineer working for Cable&Wireless Worldwide, who has travelled around the world for the company since joining through the graduate scheme in 2009.
14 September 2011
We’ve received coverage in SourcingFocus.com, which features an interview with Neil Thomas, Cloud and Virtualisation Product Manager at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. He discusses why he believes that more attention should be given to the network used to access the cloud.
We’ve received coverage in Journal for the Institute of Technology and Engineering, which features comments from Derek Allen, Head of Data Centre Development at Cable&Wireless Worldwide. He discusses the need of standardisation for data-centre qualifications as the goal across the industry is to design and operate energy efficient sites that are secure, reliable and cost effective and that need appropriate, accredited skills.
13 September 2011
Our GCF contract has generated further media coverage with Brian Woodford’s interview in Public Tchnology.net.
Andrew Morawski, our Managing Director for Americas, features in WSTA’s Ticker Magazine on the future of global ethernet services.
Andy Kellow, who is on Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s graduate engineering scheme, features in an article in a careers supplement in The Times. The piece highlights that there is a national shortage of qualified engineers.
12 September 2011
We’ve received further coverage following the announcement of our GCF contract in Silicon.com and Comms Dealer.
We have received coverage in The Sunday Telegraph in an article which analyses the problems companies face when appointing people in global leadership positions, where failing to prepare staff adequately can be disastrous. Cable&Wireless Worldwide's head of organisational development and talent acquisition, Wayne Searle, explains the problems of acclimatising to India's business culture.
An article written by Andrew Morawski, our Managing Director for Americas, on the Future of Global Ethernet Services, is featured in WSTA's Ticker magazine.
09 September 2011
We have received further coverage following a UK Government contact announcement: Cable&Wireless Worldwide has signed a two year framework agreement to provide the UK Government with a highly secure, dedicated pan-Government directory and portal that will act as the basis for a possible UK-wide Public Services Network. V3.co.uk, The DataChain and ZDNet.
We are mentioned in the Middle Eastern press, Gulf Industry, regarding our involvement in the Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) cable system.
08 September 2011
Yesterday, we announced that Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been awarded the Government Secure Intranet Convergence Framework. The Public Service Network framework agreement will deliver secure pan-government hosting, applications and intranet services in an initial two year agreement. Coverage so far has highlighted our key messages that this is a strategically important PSN compliant framework that gives us great opportunities to deliver additional services to more than 600 government customers. It also demonstrates that this is a significant step forward in meeting the government’s demand to see more SMEs involved in delivering ICT and much greater re-use of services. Initial articles include Data Center Dynamics, ITPRo, The Data Chain and PublicTechnology.net
Bhupinder Singh’s appointment as Country Manager of Hong Kong has received further media coverage in Commsday International.
06 September 2011
We’ve received coverage attributed to Amy Cooke on Energy and Environmental Management. This website is read by board-level executives, procurement directors, facilities managers, environmental controllers, and senior technologists across the utilities sector.
05 September 2011
Bhupinder Singh’s appointment as Country Manager of Hong Kong has received further media coverage on telecompaper.com.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide providing the non-emergency 101 number to the Norfolk Constabulary is covered by the Norwich Evening News 24.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s historic link to the Mercury Music Awards has been highlighted in the Independent.
02 September 2011
An announcement of Bhupinder's Singh appointment as Country Manager of Hong Kong has received further coverage in Telegraph India and MSN News among others.
Cumbria County Council has revealed the names of the three companies shortlisted to get superfast broadband up and running by 2015, BT Global Solutions, Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Fujitsu.
01 September 2011
Energy and Utilities features comments from Cable&Wireless Worldwide's Amy Cooke on how secure communications are fundamental to the development of the UK smart grid.
Bhupinder Singh's appointment as Country Manager of Hong Kong has been covered in a wide range of media.
31 August 2011
IT Pro.co.uk has featured a Q&A with Cable&Wireless Worldwide's cloud computing product manager Neil Thomas on why integrated services might be the way to go for cloud customers and why telecoms firms have a distinct advantage over other service providers.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been highlighted as one of three organisations which have been shortlisted by Cumbria County Council to help bring better broadband to the county.
30 August 2011
Express Computer magazine features a full-page article on Cable&Wireless Worlwide's MVC findings in India.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Cable&Wireless Worldwide's UK Bribery Act compliance training.
26 August 2011
Michele Metcalfe, Director of Banking & Financial Services at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, featured in a live webcast with financial adviser and broadcaster Lawrence Gold as part of our Banking 20:20 proposition campaign. Based around YouGov research commissioned by C&W Worldwide, Michele highlighted the survey’s finding and explained how banks could improve their service to customers. The webcast was taken by a number of website including The Independent’s.
25 August 2011
Malcolm Seagrave, solutions director at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, is featured in The Guardian. Malcolm is talking about building the right business model for successful cloud operation. The company has recruited internally to keep up with the growing demand in our flexible computing team and in the face of a poor external job market.
24 August 2011
Our involvement in the EPEG cable system consortium has been mentioned in a number of titles, as another member, Omantel, is looking to acquire licences and network building contracts abroad after its home market growth slows.
23 August 2011
We’ve secured coverage following the press release we issued on our Ethernet roadmap in the Americas. A positive piece of editorial has appeared in Fierce Telecom.
22 August 2011
We’ve secured coverage in The Daily Telegraph on our apprenticeship scheme. It covers the news that about 200,000 people, or one-third of applicants, are expected to face rejection from universities this autumn thanks to increased competition over places. Others have been put off applying by lower-than-expected grades or worries over accumulating debt. As a result, more young people are preparing to enter the world of work at an earlier age. It is noted that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is recruiting for 30-month technical and nontechnical apprenticeship schemes.
19 August 2011
Coverage on the C&W Worldwide Foundation, which was launched in June, has appeared in the British Chamber of Commerce’s Orient Magazine.
Our announcement of a roadmap for ethernet services in the Americas has started to generate coverage in the USA press.
18 August 2011
An article by Amy Cooke entitled "Putting the Smart into Smart Grid" has been published on the M2M website. M2M Now is a quarterly magazine which explores the opportunities and challenges facing Communications Service Providers. It provides information and reviews for those taking the first steps in next generation machine-to-machine services.
Further coverage on the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Assistant has appeared on CIO Asia.
17 August 2011
M2M Now havw published an article entitled Drawing a distinction – world class business broadband, attributed to Matt Key. This is a quarterly magazine which explores the opportunities and challenges facing Communications Service Providers. It provides information and reviews for those taking the first steps in next generation machine-to-machine services and has a circulation of 5,200. It also includes a biography of Matt Key.
16 August 2011
Lisa Anthony-Righton, Senior Recruitment Manager, has been quoted in The Independent in an article around boosting job prospects by doing volunteering work and highlighting it on your CV. Lisa references our own graduate and apprentice schemes and how we "look on volunteering and community work as a very positive thing."
Our MVC study has been mentioned in an industry feature in Mid Day newspaper. The study states that 54 per cent of Indians would prefer medical consultation through video conferencing and telecommunication.
15 August 2011
We’ve received further coverage on our collaboration with Silver Spring Networks in DataCentre Dynamics.
12 August 2011
We've received coverage in Total Telecom Plus which discusses Cable&Wireless Worldwide and quotes John Pluthero. A separate article in Total Telecom Plus also notes that Cable&Wireless Worldwide has achieved strong scores in video and Web collaboration and sustainable hosting in a survey by Verdantix entitled Green Quadrant Sustainable Telecoms Europe 2011.
11 August 2011
We’ve received coverage in ContactCenterWorld on the news that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is facilitating the communication backbone and hosting environments for Gage Networks, the UK Cloud Communications Services provider.
10 August 2011
Cable&Wireless Worldwide is facilitating the communication backbone and hosting environments for Gage Networks, the UK Cloud Communications Services provider. As part of a £6.9 million, three year contract C&W Worldwide will provide co-location and managed hosting for Gage Networks’ IP Telephony, Hosted Call Centre, Managed Telepresence and Network Services within its UK based, secure, world-class data centre environments. It will also provide national and international, resilient connectivity via its secure next-generation network. We have secured coverage in Comms Business.
Capacity Magazine covers IPv6 World Day and references that Cable&Wireless Worldwide was indirectly involved with IPv6 World Day by providing connectivity for cloud optimisation service provider Akamai and Filipino carrier Globe Telecom.
09 August 2011
We have received further coverage of our Silver Springs Smart Grid partnership in telecoms.com
Nic Cantuniar, VP for Carrier Services, has been profiled in Capacity Magazine talking about how it’s interesting and relevant articles and opinions are useful reads for the regions he looks after.
08 August 2011
We’ve secured coverage following the announcement of our Silver Spring Networks collaboration. Energy Business Review highlights that the collaboration will accelerate the delivery of smart grid and smart metering in the UK, with Cable&Wireless Worldwide utilising its next-generation network and experience in delivering complex, mission-critical communications networks, managed services and managed data centre services to utility companies. We have also secured coverage in leading Utility sector publication, Utility Week, which has over 14,000 readers per week.
Gas International Engineering & Management has an article where Cable&Wireless Worldwide is listed as being among the founder members of industry body Smart Grid GB, which has brought together key players to promote the development and delivery of smart grid in Great Britain.
05 August 2011
Yesterday, we distributed a press release detailing our collaboration with Silver Spring Networks to support the development of the communications fabric for smart grid and smart metering. Silver Spring is part of our smart grid and smart metering partner ecosystem. Together we will be able to provide Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) with a compelling end-to-end smart grid networking solution that can be exploited for smart metering. It will take advantage of Silver Spring’s secure IPv6-based Radio Frequency network infrastructure, software, and services and our secure next-generation network and extensive experience in delivering secure, highly complex, mission critical communications networks, managed services and managed data centre services to utility companies. Coverage so far has included New Energy World Network, New Electronics, Smart Grid News, Telecom Paper.
04 August 2011
We've received coverage in The Financial Times with an article discussing how HR could become the go-to place for building an international career. It includes a quote from Wayne Searle, head of organisational development and talent acquisition, at Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
An article in The National highlights our recent survey with Ovum which looked at the growing awareness of and engagement with cloud computing amongst companies. The piece pointed out that of the 110 organisations surveyed, about 45% of multi-national companies say they have used such a system to store at least some data, up from 24%.
03 August 2011
Coverage on the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Assistant has appeared in Telecom Paper and 4Traders.
Further coverage from our Australian partnership with GlassHouse has been featured in Asia Cloud Forum.
01 August 2011
A case study on how we use a web conferencing tool, Citrix GoToWebinar has been published. It highlights how the platform is used for a number of training programmes for colleagues and also communicates how important colleague training is in the business.
29 July 2011
We’ve received coverage in Readers Digest, in a feature on a 1,001 things everyone should be able to do. Cable&Wireless Worldwide senior research manager Lisa Anthony-Righton is quoted in the piece, providing advice on job advert reading.
28 July 2011
Further coverage on Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s partnership with GlassHouse Technologies in Australia has appeared in Telecom Paper, Dow Jones Factiva, Bloomberg Asia, Asia Pulse, Asia Observer, Scoop Asia, and the Telegraph India among others. The partnership builds on the success of the UK relationship and joins GlassHouse's consulting expertise with Cable&Wireless Worldwide's range of hosting services to provide Australian enterprises with consultation to help them migrate to cloud based services.
Diarmid Massey, Vice President, International Carrier Services participated in a panel discussion at Submarine Networks World Africa 2011 conference which focused on fibre networks in Africa. The discussion was featured in My Broadband.
27 July 2011
As part of our banking sector campaign, we’ve featured an article in GTNews. The article is attributed to Michele Metcalfe and discusses the opportunity for corporate banks in driving greater efficiencies by having the right network infrastructure in place. GTNews is a global treasury and corporate banking magazine with a global readership spanning large corporate treasury departments through to the world’s corporate banking professionals.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s partnership with GlassHouse Technologies in Australia has been featured in istockanayst, Biz Daily, Shares Investment, Asia Net News, and Commsday Australia, amongst others. The partnership builds on the success of the UK relationship and joins GlassHouse's consulting expertise with Cable&Wireless Worldwide's range of hosting services to provide Australian enterprises with consultation to help them migrate to cloud based services.
PublicTechnology.net mentions that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is a key provider of the infrastructure for the UK's Public Sector Network.
26 July 2011
As part of our vertical sector Banking 20|20 media campaign, we’ve featured an article in The Paypers; an online specialist website that provides information and news on the cards and payments market, with a special focus on the online payment, online banking, mobile payments and e-invoicing industry – and its readership is global. The article is attributed to Michele Metcalfe, under the section "Expert Opinion”.
25 July 2011
We’ve received coverage in The Sunday Telegraph, in a feature entitled “Cloud computing relies on resilient networks”. Neil Thomas - cloud and visualisation product manager at Cable&Wireless Worldwide - details how users should be looking at 'a complete end-to-end picture' when investigating cloud computing.
Construction News Plus covers the recent Ovum research we commissioned which revealed that security and data governance are the biggest barriers to cloud adoption, though 45% of multinational organisations are now using cloud at least in some elements of their IT services.
21 July 2011
We’ve received further coverage as a result of our Banking sector campaign in CPIFinancial on the news that online banking has become the most valuable factor to engagement over the past two years.
Employee Benefits.co.uk has an article covering the launch of our charitable foundation. It highlights that the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Foundation, which was launched in June, is aimed at enhancing the lives of those with special needs through communications, as well as working with experts to understand how people’s lives can be enhanced. It also points out that staff have the opportunity to build partnerships with relevant organisations and will vote on the charities backed.
Business Cloud9 has a piece on the momentum building around the Governments Public Sector Network (PSN), which the Cabinet Office says will reduce its IT bill by up to 500m a year. Furthermore, by 2014, 80% of the Public Sector (which equates to about 4 million users) will be using the PSN Marketplace. It highlights that the main providers of the Network itself are BT Wholesale, Global Crossing and Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
20 July 2011
Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Itron are to present together with Neul at the first official meeting of the group trying to establish a global standard for machine to machine (M2M) communication based on white space radio.
19 July 2011
We received further coverage on the launch of our Banking 20|20 proposition in Financial Sector Technology. It has also appeared in news sites Digital Journal and Stockhouse.
18 July 2011
As part of our Banking 20|20 campaign designed to create a distinct place for Cable&Wireless Worldwide in the sector, we received further coverage on the launch of our proposition in Virtual Strategy.com, IT Buyers Guide, IT News online, MarketWatch and One Stop Click, a website which helps IT professionals and business executives educate themselves on technology related solutions.
15 July 2011
Following the launch of the retail banking survey we have received wide coverage across the sector’s publications. The research, conducted with YouGov, found that UK retail banks are failing to maximise the potential of the online banking channel, despite the increase in popularity of the online platform. Sixty per cent of respondents said that their bank’s online offering had become increasingly important to them in the past two years, ranking it higher in importance than banks’ trustworthiness, interest rates and bank charges. Some coverage highlights include; Retail Banker International, Bloomberg Business, CNBC, Tech Journal and Bobs Guide.
Following an interview on the launch of Flexible Computing Neil Thomas’ comments on cloud computing and the role of the telecom provider have been covered in Total Telecom. It is a good positioning of both our cloud offerings and Flexible Computing. Total Telecom Online provides breaking news, archives, research reports and the latest reports and events from the global communications industry, the newsletter looks beyond the headlines to explore the implications and the business models of the companies behind telecoms developments.
Andrew Halliwell’s comments on a hybrid approach to cloud computing have been featured in IQ Magazine online.
Children Now has reported on the Cable&Wireless Worldwide charitable foundation to improve the lives of those with disabilities or special educational needs.
Investors Chronicle reports that John Barton has bought 100,000 Cable & Wireless Worldwide shares at 47.26p per share and also notes the AGM will be held on Thursday 21 July.
14 July 2011
We have developed a programme called Banking 20|20 designed to create a distinct place for Cable&Wireless Worldwide in the sector. As part of this campaign, Michele Metcalfe, Director of Banking Sector, held a number of journalist interviews yesterday. The first piece of coverage has appeared in key banking publication Retail Banking. It extensively quotes Michele and highlights the opportunity of the online banking channel.
Marketwatch covers news that Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Compuware have announced they are highlighting solutions for managing cloud application performance at Cisco Live 2011.
13 July 2011
We have received further coverage for our MVC research findings from India release in portals such as Light Reading, Information Week, Indiainfoline, EFYTimes, CIO, Biztech2, AdGully, Voice of India, Cell IT, Taaza, Media News Line and VAR India.
12 July 2011
We issued a press release yesterday on our MVC research findings from India, which said that Indians are most bullish on prospects of VC taking off in corporate world this year. Leading trade and online media have carried the feature including Voice&Data, Telecomlead, CIOL, totaltelecom, Varindia, CIOL.com, EFYtimes.
Business Week Magazine has an article on news that Cable&Wireless Worldwide and IBM have announced plans to develop a smart energy cloud to give an overview of energy consumption in Britain, with data gathered, stored and distributed to retailers.
11 July 2011
The Sunday Times covers the news that David Lowden, former chief executive of Taylor Nelson Sofres and chairman of Rice2, is to join Cable&Wireless Worldwide as a non-executive director.
The launch of our charitable foundation to help improve the lives of people with special needs using communications technology has been covered in Pharmacy in Focus. It highlights that The Foundation is currently inviting applications for funding.
Executive Grapevine Magazine has an article on research from Mind, which shows that 20 percent of employees surveyed believe that they are more likely to be made redundant if they mention high stress levels. This article contains a quote from Debbie Meech, People Director at Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
Business Voice Thames Valley notes that David Bartholomew, Head of Applications at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, presented on Driving Collaboration within and between Enterprises' at the Technology For Business Forum 2011.
7 July 2011
The London Stock Exchange covers news that David Lowden has been appointed as a non-executive director of Cable&Wireless Worldwide plc. The appointment will take effect from the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting on 21 July 2011.
We’ve received coverage in The Daily Mail; discussing a report on how to ensure that job interviews go smoothly, Kirsty Huntington, internal talent manager at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, is widely quoted in the piece, where she urges jobseekers not to let their emotions show when commenting on their previous jobs.
5 July 2011
Global Telecoms Business magazine features an article on pricing and technology decisions in emerging markets. Diamid Massey, vice president of carrier services at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, is quoted commenting on strategies for engaging with emerging telecoms markets.
1 July 2011
Telecom Era (page 20) has published an interview with Geetika Saigal, Director – Enterprise Sales, Cable&Wireless Worldwide. Geetika discusses company’s corporate plans and talks about our Ethernet Services.
The Fundraiser has featured news of our foundation as we are inviting on-profit organisations and individuals to apply for funding and support from its newly launched foundation. It hopes that the foundation will enhance the lives of people with special needs, by putting communications at the core of its community programmes.
Debbie Meech explains Cable&Wireless Worldwide's move to build a new culture using high-tech employee communications in People Management magazine. It used to be that kit was king in communications and technology, but now the expertise to understand what technology can do for a business is more valuable. This means that Cable&Wireless Worldwide must morph from a seller and servicer of equipment into a provider of more comprehensive technology services.
30 June 2011
Apprenticeship award winners 2011 have been announced in The Times and BAE Systems has won the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Award for Macro Employer of the Year (5000+ employees).
27 June 2011
GreenBang and Utility Week notes that we are a founding member of Smart Grid GB, an initiative to promote the development and delivery of smart grid in Great Britain. The new organisation brings together key players from across the energy sector, ICT companies, environmental organisations, government, regulators and consumer groups.
Water and Environment Magazine notes that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is among signatories to an open letter recommending that climate change issues be treated with speed and scope. A powerful alliance of the UK's largest businesses and environmental groups has welcomed the government's commitment to a legally binding target to reduce carbon emissions.
Debbie Meech is quoted in Talent Engagement Review as research of 2,000 people in Mind's Taking care of business campaign found work to be the most stressful thing in people's lives.
Tracy O'Brien - corporate responsibility manager, is quoted in a round-up of experts' advice on how to make successful applications to grant-making foundations in the Guardian.
24 June 2011
Michele Metcalfe’s comments on how retail banks can improve customer profitability have been covered in Banking Technology, a highly regarded title distributed to a targeted list of senior managers and C level executives in the banking industry, following an interview. She discussed the general market trend and the role of technology in supporting a single customer view.
Daniel Pass has been quoted in Computing following a panel session at Cloud Computing World Forum on the ‘Cloud: The Future’.
Ulster Business, has covered our announcement on the renewal and extension of our contract to manage the Operational Telecoms Network used by System Operator for Northern Ireland (SONI) following an open competitive tendering process.
Diarmid Massey, VP for International Carrier Services, had been quoted extensively in an emerging markets feature on Global Telecoms Business on how pricing and technology decisions dictate emerging market offerings.
In an article on how Video Conferencing has helped us to reduce our own carbon emissions by 600,000kg over the past year on Telecomlead.com Alex Connors is quoted.
22 June 2011
We have received coverage on Computing, looking at our award winning i-learn scheme.
21 June 2011
Following the announcement of our Foundation last week, we’ve received widespread and positive coverage across charity, trade, global and regional publications. We’ve received coverage in key publications such as Third Sector and Civil Society. We’ve also seen positive articles in India with APN News and Voice of India. To date, we’ve received more than 30 articles in target media alone. For a full list of the coverage, please contact the press office.
20 June 2011
A look at how workplace conditions can affect illness in the Guardian, features a case study from Cable&Wireless Worldwide network engineer, Michael Polson, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2007 and how support from C&W Worldwide helped him recuperate.
17 June 2011
Following our Foundation announcement earlier this week, additional coverage has appeared in FundRaising online news.
Our MVC portfolio extension has been covered in SMB World Asia where Head of International Product Management, Alex Connors, has been quoted.
16 June 2011
Following the announcement of our Foundation, Third Sector covers the news that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is inviting charities to apply for funding. The article features an interview with Tracy O'Brien, chair of the foundation management team.
It is noted in ComputerWorld that Tesco Bank has a deal with Cable&Wireless Worldwide for managed data centres and hosted telephony for its insurance and banking customer service centres in Newcastle and Glasgow.
15 June 2011
Following the announcement of our Cable&Wireless Worldwide Foundation, which will enhance the lives of those with special needs through our expertise in mission critical communications, we’ve received the following coverage: APNews, EFYTimes, Telecom Paper, Civil Society, Total Telecom, PR Inside, Wide PR, TMCNet and Briefing Wire.
14 June 2011
We have announced the Cable&Wireless Worldwide Foundation, which will enhance the lives of those with special needs through our expertise in mission critical communications. The foundation will look to partner and build relationships with institutions that support, research, develop or implement the appropriate, specialist communication requirements.
Further coverage of our IPv6 readiness has been achieved on Voice and Data Online and CIOL.com
We are mentioned in an article on apprenticeships in Woman and Home.
Capacity reports on International Telecoms Week 2011, listing us as a participant on a panel debate on the challenges of integration and the potential for partnership in the future.
13 June 2011
A new route linking the east to the west dubbed the Europe Persia express Gateway, or EPEG, has been announced to the media. The new fibre-optic cables will provide high-speed communication from Oman to Frankfurt via Iran and Russia. Rick Perry is quoted in coverage. He is also featured at the signing ceremony alongside Ministers from Iran and Russia. The signing of the agreement has been featured in Press TV and Telecom Paper.
The Sunday Times has featured an article on family values, where it quotes Debbie Meech, our people director, who defends the logic of encouraging staff to recommend basic level positions to friends and family. The comments were made after public criticism from the Deputy Prime Minister of 'sharp elbowed' middle class people. Cable&Wireless Worldwide points out that offspring often share the values they already recognise in their parents. The author points out that employee referrals are a lot cheaper than using a recruitment agency. The article also features a case study on Rick Perry’s daughter (a Cable&Wireless Worldwide employee), Hannah. She is profiled after she took a short term contract as a graduate coordinator.
The Sunday Telegraph has featured an article quoting people team manager Karen Futcher who discusses the importance of colleague wellbeing. She comments that efforts to use existing contractual services to help employees leads to a greater rate of employment and retention.
Employee Benefits Magazine highlights that Cable&Wireless Worldwide was runner up in two categories at the Employee Benefits Awards 2011 including ‘most effective all-employee share scheme strategy’ for our Share Purchase Plan.
London 24 highlights how one of our apprentices is through to the final of the National Apprenticeship Awards. Carl Norman, from Orpington, impressed the judges the most in the advanced apprentice category. The 22-year-old is an apprentice field engineer.
In an HR news website, Debbie Meech, people director says that work-related stress should be a 'key consideration' for employers when it comes to allocating benefits.
Further coverage has also appeared on our IPv6 readiness in Capacity and Broadband Philippines.
Penny Hughes has been made a CBE for services to the media industry.
10 June 2011
Our media alert on IPv6 readiness has gained further coverage today in telecomlead.com, Business News Asia, APN News, Webnewswire and EY Times.
We have placed further coverage in Total Telecom, Environmental-Expert.com and Light Reading on the news that we have extended our smart grid substation automation products and solutions portfolio. The article highlights that we are taking the next step towards helping utilities create an intelligent communications network that will aid in the development of the UK’s smart grid.
We've secured an article in online HR website, discussing that stress in the workplace should be a "key consideration" when allocating resources to support wellbeing. Debbie Meech, people director at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, is quoted saying bosses need to monitor any signs of "plummeting wellbeing".
09 June 2011
Following our media alert on IPv6 readiness, which highlights that we have been IPv6 ready since 2001, we have received the following press coverage: Business News Asia, APN News, Webnewswire, PC Telecoms, Telecom Paper, PC Telecom Blog and Light Reading. Coverage on our IPv6 partnership with Globe Telecom has also appeared in the Philippine Star and the IPv6 Portal.
We’ve received coverage in Business Green on our Cisco accreditation. The strong headline reads Cable & Wireless aims to bring grid into digital age and highlights that we have been accredited by Cisco to install the networking firm's internet-based systems on substations, marking a step forward for the company in the UK's smart grid sector.
We are featured in an article in You at Work, where we suggest that enhanced employee engagement could be required to ensure the workforce remains happy.
08 June 2011
'Broadband over Power Line' is being launched in the UK by Gridline Communications, the USA based telecoms firm, with the assistance of Cable&Wireless Worldwide, Electricity Northwest and T-Systems.
The announcement with Interxion regarding our data centre collaboration has appeared in DataChain.
07 June 2011
Coverage has been received of the announcement with Interxion Holding, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services on the extension of our Points of Presence (POPs) in Interxion’s data centres alongside its own estate, ensuring resiliency for its next-generation network across Europe in Total Telecom and Data Centre Solutions.
Computerworld UK and Computer Weekly report on how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is cutting IT costs by around 30pc to 40pc, with savings coming through its Echo programme, with Cable & Wireless for Wide Area Network services.
06 June 2011
Nick Lambert, Managing Director of Global Markets has contributed a comment to the Singapore Business Times on green technologies. He is quoted as saying, “As Singapore strengthens its position as an international business hub, 'green' technologies such as video and web conferencing can be used as a means of helping enterprises stay agile and in touch, yet cut costs by reducing the need for travel. With the rolling out of the high-speed broadband network, businesses here should look into technologies that bring the video-conferencing experience beyond the meeting room to portable devices such as handhelds and laptops. Such an extension will make video conferencing an even more compelling communication tool for enterprises.”
We also contributed a comment to Philippine carrier Globe Telecom’s press release on their IPv6 capabilities and coverage has appeared in Hardware Zone and Newsbytes.
We have received coverage in an industry article on the latest happenings in the fast-moving telecom industry. Apart from Cable&Wireless Worldwide, the story also features companies such as British Telecom, Orange Business Services and Telstra. Shali Thilakan, Managing Director, India, Cable&Wireless Worldwide has been quoted in the story, “In 2010-11 in India, we have closed seven large enterprise deals, secured a new contract with one of the top three Indian banks, signed up with two of the top BPOs in the country – including Mphasis – and achieved a strong performance with some our existing global accounts.”
03 June 2011
The announcement of our extension to Managed Video Conferencing (MVC) is continuing to get coverage in Light Reading, TMC and Telecommunication News.
Our participation as a founder member of the Open Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC) is also on Computer Business Review, Business Standard and IT Wire. The consortium will help drive telepresence and video conferencing adoption in businesses through openness and interoperability.
Lisa Anthony-Righton, senior resourcing manager, says people should look to highlight achievements in previous roles on their CV in an article in the Daily Mail. 'If you've been a project manager, for example, state the scale of the project, how many people you were managing and the size of the budget for which you were responsible. Describe the value you added and highlight any particular achievements,' she adds.
02 June 2011
Yesterday, we announced the extension to our MVC product portfolio to include handheld devices alongside desktop units, meeting rooms and telepresence. Coverage has included Computer Weekly, Capacity, PR Newswire and Total Telecom.
We are also founding members in the Open Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC) formed by Polycom to enable businesses to use Managed Video Conferencing across other service provider networks internationally. The consortium will help further accelerate Video Communications and make it easier for millions to communicate via video. The story has appeared in many publications including PC advisor, TMCnet.com and businessjournal.com.
01 June 2011
We’ve secured coverage in IQ Magazine on cloud computing. Andrew Haliwell comments lead the opening to the article, building on our hybrid cloud comments. iQ (Insight Quarterly) is a publication that contains independent, educational and motivational content, to enable its readers to make informed IT decisions on topics that are pivotal to their success.
31 May 2011
Coverage has appeared in The Guardian 'secret to' section of the paper. Romy Thorpe, director of service, enterprise, at Cable&Wireless Worldwide, argues that good mentors help focus the energy of workers.
Further coverage has appeared on our study with Ovum on the adoption of cloud services in Telecomlead.com.
Alex Connors and Santosh DS from GMSC have been quoted in an industry feature on Next Generation Networking/Ethernet in Express Computer, a leading technology publication. Santosh is quoted saying “With growing flexibility in Ethernet, service providers are offering SLA-based Managed Ethernet services and are additionally providing proactive monitoring services on Ethernet to enterprises.”
Coverage has also appeared featuring the Global markets aspect of our annual results.
27 May 2011
Yesterday, we announced that we have entered into a strategic partnership with GlassHouse Technologies, a global data center consulting and services firm. We work with GlassHouse to develop the migration strategies we help our customers with as they move to cloud-based services. Coverage has already appeared in a number of trade publications.
Further coverage on the Cloud services research by Ovum has been received in key APAC technology publications such as Asian Cloud Forum and Convergence Asia. Charles Kennaway, VP for Enterprise Sales, APAC, has been quoted in the articles.
26 May 2011
Following a proactive outreach, City AM has also covered the news of Ian Gibson’s appointment as CFO.
In other news, we’ve received further coverage on Technology Insurance Business Review on our announcement that we have been selected by Aviva Europe to provide the fully managed communications backbone for its European markets.
Our Cloud services research by Ovum has also continued to gain coverage, appearing on Singapore Business Review, which quotes Charles Kennaway, VP for Enterprise Sales, APAC and MSPNews.
Finally, our new network extension into Singapore Exchange has been further featured in Trading Charts.
25 May 2011
Press coverage on Cable&Wireless Worldwide annual results has highlighted the fact that the company achieved positive free cash flow for the first time and grew earnings. The company’s focus on delivering higher margin hosting and cloud services and its contract win with Aviva was also widely picked up across nationals, trade and business publications.
Key coverage that has appeared online specifically includes City AM , Investors Chronicle, Sky News, the Independent, Interactive Investor, The Spectator, Yahoo finance, Telecom Paper and Stockmarket wire.
Coverage is already also appearing in a number of key publications in India, APAC and Ireland, such as The Irish Times, Times of India online and EFYTimes.
24 May 2011
Sky News
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&W) reported a rise in pre-tax profit of 23% at £143m, and delivered free cash flow of £61m.
- The telecoms group's profit was boosted by contracts to supply and manage a range of network and telephony services with Boots UK, Babcock and the UK Government.
- Chief executive Jim Marsh said the year ahead looked good for C&W, mainly due to the movement to cloud computing and the rapid growth of global data traffic.
Dow Jones
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide said it generated positive free cash flow for the first time as the telecommunications group reported a jump in earnings for the year ended March 31.
- Cash flow positive for first time at GBP61 million in fiscal 2011 (cash outflow GBP1 million a year earlier)
- Revenue fell 0.4% to GBP2.26 billion from GBP2.27 billion
- Earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization rose 2.6% to
- GBP442 million from GBP431 million, in line with expectations
- Hosting and applications margin up 10%, a key growth area going forward
- Strategic product set represents 75% of margin compared with 72% a year ago
- Secures Aviva contract
Stockmarket wire
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide reported EBITDA up 2.6% to £442m in the year to end-March.
- Profit before tax, before exceptional items, was up 23% at £143m.
- The group delivered free cash flow of £61m. C&W said Hosting and Applications margins were up 10%
- Jim Marsh, CEO, said: 'This year we passed the important milestone of turning cash positive for the first time with free cash flow generation of £61 million. EBITDA was up 2.6% to £442 million and profit before tax, before exceptional items, was up 23% to £143 million.
The Guardian
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide has seen its profits rise despite a tough year
- Profits climbed 23% to £143m, with a dividend payout of 4.5p for the year despite some concern about a cut.
In addition coverage is also on:
- Reuters
- IBTimes
- FT Alphaville
- PR newswire
- Bloomberg
- Guardian
- RTTNews
- Megabyte
- Yahoo Finance
- iStockAnalyst
- TelecomPaper
- Dow Jones
- Stockmarket Wire
- Sky News
Our whitepaper on cloud computing uptake in multinational corporations done in conjunction with Ovum has been featured on Computer Weekly.com in full.
23 May 2011
In advance of our annual results tomorrow, there was a multitude of preview press articles over the weekend. Coverage included:
Sunday Times
- Speculates on our dividend policy
- Suggests "CWW will reinforce its strategy to capitalise on the cloud computing revolution"
- Points to expected cash flow in consensus numbers and highlights that CWW ‘to reveal it has a spare cash pile’
- Speculates that ‘the news will be a boost after what has been a turbulent year for Worldwide’
- Suggests that a move to more data and cloud related services ‘should help boost shares as the work has high profit margins’
The Telegraph
- Highlights that Cable&Wireless Worldwide is to set out plans for a growth strategy with the first set of results since last year's demerger showing it is cash positive for the first time
20 May 2011
Our press announcement on Cloud adoption in Asia Pacific has been covered in a number of publications. The survey of more than 100 global multinational corporations (MNCs) across Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe by Ovum for Cable&Wireless Worldwide reveals that adoption of cloud services is picking up pace among large organisations, with Asia Pacific expressing the greatest interest. We have received coverage in several online media such as IT Next, Biztech, Webnewswire, CIOL, APN, Topix, MyBangalore, and aFaqs.
Kai Boschmann, Director of Corporate Affairs, has been listed in a PR Week magazine study of the most powerful people in the public relations sector for a 4th year running, alongside the likes of Matthew Freud, Lord Tim Bell and Sir Martin Sorrell.
Our new network extension into Singapore Exchange has received further coverage in CAAS.
19 May 2011
Diarmid Massey, Vice President, International Carrier Services, had been quoted extensively in an article on wholesale models of the future in Capacity Magazine.
Our new network extension into the Singapore Exchange has been featured in several publications including High Frequency Trading, TCM Net and Singstock.
Shali Thilakan’s article on 3G potential for businesses in India, which previously appeared in Connect World magazine, has now featured in IndiaTechOnline.
We have further mentions of the cloud research with Ovum and Flexible Computing release on ITPro, Business Journals, My News Desk, Virtual Strategy Magazine and CIOL.
18 May 2011
Our press release announcing the results of cloud computing research with Ovum and Flexible Computing has received coverage in PR Newswire and Computer Weekly. It has also been mentioned alongside an article on the European Commission launching a review to determine the best way to “exploit cloud computing” across the collected nations in IT Pro.
We have been mentioned in an article on the UK agreeing to some of the world’s toughest carbon reduction targets in the FT.
17 May 2011
Following our launch of research commissioned from analyst firm Ovum, we've received coverage in The Times, which references how study shows that cloud computing will increase by 61pc this year. CFO World highlighted that the survey of 102 large, multinational companies across the world, found that 45 percent have adopted some sort of third-party-hosted cloud service this year, compared with last year (28 percent). Information Age, Telecoms.com, Computing, PC Advisor, EWeek Europe, Computer World UK and Telecom Finance also covered the findings referencing us.
Following research released from Mind on workplace stress, Debbie Meech, People Director is quoted in Employee Benefits, HR Magazine, People Management and The Grapevine. Her comments highlight the concerns for employers, especially when it comes to allocating appropriate resources to support wellbeing in the workplace.
16 May 2011
Interview with Carol Power, Group Treasurer, appears in Treasury Today magazine. The front cover feature gives an extensive overview of Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Carol’s role.
We’ve received further trade magazine coverage on the news that we’ve renewed and extended our contract to manage the operational telecoms network used by System Operator for Northern Ireland (SONI).
We are listed in a number of online news sites as one of the service providers in the Velocity Service Provider Partner Program with EMC.
