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Originally Posted by m419
It's time to stop talking about name changes.
1. Even if they do merge for historical reasons, they will trade as seperate entities as Cable and Wireless is also an iconic brand of the British Empire. Richard Branson will not be happy to lose Virgin Brand over NTL
So no more threads and posts about name changes and rebrands because that will never happen. Even if or when Vodafone do takeover, it will still be called Cable and Wireless Worldwide.
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The "Cable and Wireless" name is aready used by C&W Communications and more well known overseas than here, mainly becuase they did not operate in the UK until the 1980s and they no longer operate directly with home customers (but they still do business customers and maintain a LLU network)!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m419
It's time to stop talking about name changes.
1. Even if they do merge for historical reasons, they will trade as seperate entities as Cable and Wireless is also an iconic brand of the British Empire. Richard Branson will not be happy to lose Virgin Brand over NTL
So no more threads and posts about name changes and rebrands because that will never happen. Even if or when Vodafone do takeover, it will still be called Cable and Wireless Worldwide.
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No they couldn't for operational reasons, the BT cable network shares cabinets and ducts with BT's telephone cables and would be complicated.
I never said Microsoft owned anything, they tried to bid for BT's cable franchises but got outbid by NTL
Vodafone at home was around 2006/7
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Any idea why Microsoft bid for UK Cable Francises and had a stake in NTL?