Cable Wireless (West Indies) Ltd. Anguilla

Company profile

Cable Wireless (WI) Ltd is the domestic and international franchise carrier in Anguilla. In 1973, Cable Wireless was granted a formal External Operating License to provide Anguilla's international telecommunications services and a separate license to provide National Telecommunications facilities. These expired in 1988 and were replaced by a single 30-year license. Cable Wireless' network became fully digital in November 1986. The provision of data and Internet services, telephone, mobile, voicemail, paging, Internet access, facsimile, leased circuit and toll free services are available, as well as Cable Wireless Caribbean phonecards, PBX and other equipment. Public card and coin phones are located island-wide. Prior to Cable Wireless taking over telecommunications services in Anguilla in 1971 the island had no telecommunications infrastructure for many years following the devastation caused by Hurricane Janet in 1950.