Cable & Wireless

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Cable & Wireless

Summary

Cable & Wireless is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cable & Wireless is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Cable & Wireless's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Cable & Wireless's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • Cable & Wireless's headquarters location is recorded as London[6].
  • Cable & Wireless's headquarters location is recorded as Bracknell[7].
  • Cable & Wireless's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125425683[8].
  • Cable & Wireless's GND ID is recorded as 10031870-8[9].
  • Cable & Wireless's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n90696807[10].
  • Cable & Wireless's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14444900p[11].
  • Cable & Wireless's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628466[12].
  • Cable & Wireless's child organization or unit is recorded as PCCW-HKT Telephone Limited[13].
  • Cable & Wireless's child organization or unit is recorded as HKT[14].
  • Cable & Wireless's part of is recorded as Imperial Wireless Chain[15].
  • Cable & Wireless's Commons category is recorded as Cable & Wireless[16].
  • Cable & Wireless's industry is recorded as telecommunications[17].
  • +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cable & Wireless[18].
  • +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cable & Wireless[19].
  • Cable & Wireless was dissolved in +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Cable & Wireless's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wj60vy[21].
  • Cable & Wireless's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cable & Wireless (Holding), Ltd.[22].
  • Cable & Wireless's ISIN is recorded as GB0001625572[23].
  • Cable & Wireless's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/cable-and-wireless-plc-history/[24].
  • Cable & Wireless's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2011031635[25].
  • Cable & Wireless's replaces is recorded as Imperial and International Communications[26].
  • Cable & Wireless's replaced by is recorded as Cable & Wireless Worldwide[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z[18] and +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Imperial and International Communications Ltd'}[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cable and Wireless Limited'}[29]. Cable & Wireless's part of is recorded as Imperial Wireless Chain[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include London[6], a metropolis[30], in Roman Empire[31], founded in 0047[32] and Bracknell[7], a town[33], in United Kingdom[34]. Cable & Wireless's parent organization or unit is recorded as it (Holding), Ltd.[22]. Subsidiaries include PCCW-HKT Telephone Limited[13], a business[35], founded in 1925[36], headquartered in Hong Kong[37] and HKT[14], a business[38], in British Hong Kong[39], founded in 1987[40], headquartered in Hong Kong[41].

Industry

Cable & Wireless's industry is recorded as telecommunications[17].

Dissolution

Cable & Wireless was dissolved in +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].

Why It Matters

Cable & Wireless ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Grace's Guide. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . fundinguniverse.com. fundinguniverse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Grace's Guide. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Grace's Guide. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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