2nd Feb 2005 11:32
CABLE & WIRELESS ANNOUNCES DISPOSAL OF BULGARIAN ASSOCIATE Cable and Wireless plc ("Cable & Wireless") announces today (2 February 2005)the sale of the 49 percent stake in its Bulgarian associate, RTC-Mobikom, tothe Bulgarian Telecommunications Company for cash consideration of Eur10.5million.Contacts:Investor Relations:Louise BreenDirector, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 4460Craig Thornton,Manager, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 6225Virginia PorterVP, Investor Relations and Assoc. General CounselTel: 001 212 551 3563Media:Lesley SmithGroup Director of Corporate and Public AffairsTel: +44 20 7315 4410Steve DoubleGroup Head of Media CommunicationsTel: +44 20 7315 6759Peter EustaceHead of Media RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 4495Note to editorsCable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communicationscompanies. It provides voice, data and IP (Internet Protocol) services tobusiness and residential customers, as well as services to other telecomscarriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internetservices.Cable & Wireless' principal operations are in the United Kingdom, continentalEurope, Asia, the Caribbean, Panama and the Middle East. For more informationabout Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com. AnnouncementENDRelated Shares:
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