Cable and Wireless (C&W)

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Function: Telecommunications

Location: Australia

Cable & Wireless was one of Australia's first telecommunications companies. "In 1947 the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) was formed to take over from Cable & Wireless. From the 1960's to the 1980's, Cable & Wireless' involvement with Australia focused on major international coaxial cable projects such as COMPAC, SEACOM and ANZCAN. In the 1990's, the formation of Optus established a second telecommunications network and by 1994 its network comprised of over 5,000 kms of fibre optic cable." Taken from http://www.cwhistory.com/history/html/AustralTwo.html March 2006.

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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.cw.com/new/

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A000841. [ Details ]

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Created: 1 December 2000
Modified: 6 March 2006

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