Vodafone Group Plc agreed to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc for 1.04 billion pounds (1.7 billion dollars) in cash, adding a UK fixed-line network to its mobile-phone system and gaining ...

Vodafone has signed a deal to buy communications provider Cable & Wireless Worldwide for just over £1bn. "The acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide creates a leading integrated player in the ...

LONDON, UK: Mobile phone group Vodafone has agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for 1.04 billion pounds, giving it a British fixed-line network to relieve the strain on its wireless ...

The takeover means Vodafone will be able to offer consumers and businesses fixed line telephone and broadband services. The fibre network owned by Cable & Wireless Worldwide is likely to be used to ...

Vodafone is holding last-minute talks with Cable & Wireless Worldwide to try to reach terms for the fixed-line corporate telecoms group. The mobile phone giant has until noon tomorrow to agree to an ...