Cable & Wireless Scoops Top Prize At UCI Awards 2001.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001

Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP)(LSE:CW.) took first place at the Unified Comms International awards in Vienna, Austria on 14 November, beating Colt and KPNQwest to be named 'Best Network Provider' globally.

The awards are a recognition of achievements in the Wholesale, Colocation, Data Centre and Hosting industries worldwide and the win reflects the quality of Cable & Wireless' tier one Internet Protocol (IP) backbone.

Cable & Wireless' global high capacity, single hop, IP infrastructure - the best performing IP network in the industry (according to Network Magazine's customer survey 2001) - delivers the speed of service, security, reliability and the global reach to meet the needs of both service providers and corporate customers around the world. Most recently, companies including Shell, Heinz and CGNU have signed multi-million pound contracts with Cable & Wireless to supply a mix of voice, data and video communications services using its high quality network.

Unified Comms International is published by PBI Media, the global professional consulting and information company (formerly The Phillips Group). PBI Media has developed a highly synergistic family of business intelligence products ranging from magazines and newsletters to conferences and consulting services.

"This award is a significant endorsement of the investment we have made in building a state-of-the-art global IP infrastructure," said Andrew McGrath, president, Service Providers, Cable & Wireless. "With this high quality network as a basis, we are able to offer our customers integrated end-to-end communications solutions with high performance service level agreements."

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