Cable and Wireless/Columbus “monopoly” worries Caribbean telecoms ministers
From The Guardian T&T CASTRIES, St Lucia – Telecommunication ministers from the Eastern Caribbean will work with T&T industry authorities to protect the region’s consumers. Telecommunication ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) say the proposed acquisition by…
ECTEL – the “mouse” that roared
By Patrick Hoyos – The Broad Street Journal, From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Saturday November 29, 2014 – I’m going to have to start today’s column by being perfectly honest with you: Up to last week, I had never heard of…
CWC-Columbus heads East for talks over ECTEL concerns
From The Jamaica Gleaner Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus International say they have already initiated discussions with regulators in four of six markets and will head next to St Lucia and Grenada to meet with authorities there on…
Cable & Wireless shares plunge following announcement it will buy Columbus
From Caribbean360 LONDON, United Kingdom, Thursday November 6, 2014, CMC – Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) fell by 8 per cent after issuing shares to pay for a US$1.85 billion Caribbean deal. The company is buying privately owned…
New Cable & Wireless upgrading all Caribbean regional operations
From T&T NewsDay Following the recent announcement of a $160 million investment on the island, LIME has launched “Upgrade Barbados”. A member company of the New Cable & Wireless Communications Group, LIME Barbados is the first business unit in the…
C&W to cut costs by US$100m
From Nationnews.com Barbados International telecommunications company Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is on a mission to reduce its Caribbean operating costs by US$100 million. And the company said its businesses in Barbados and the region were on target to meet…
Cable & Wireless swaps Rice for Bentley
From The Gleaner Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), the parent company for LIME, has hired Phil Bentley as its new chief executive officer, replacing Tony Rice. Bentley took office on January 1, 2014. Bentley, who will be based in Miami,…
