Cable and Wireless is the name of a British telecommunications company. During the 1800’s, the West India Telegraph Company arrived for the first time in Antigua, they used cables to run undersea fibres across the Caribbean and Antigua became the earliest islands to receive this technology. Cable and Wireless became the first company in UK to offer an alternative telephone service to British Telecom. Wireless was introduced on the islands in 1924 and the first stations were established in Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica and Antigua.
During 1985 and 1991, there was a huge expansion of the local telephone network. Across the Caribbean, Cable & Wireless moved away from a microwave network to an undersea fibre network which offered more security at times of the passage of modern hurricanes. This system exists till date.
The Cable and Wireless in Antigua offers mainly mobile services and broadband services. Under the mobile services, it offers handsets, roaming facilities and carry over minutes facilities. One can find all latest designs of mobiles with the Cable and Wireless services in Antigua. The carry over minutes facilities implies to any unused minutes from bMobile postpaid Package which is transferable from the previous month to the next month. Roaming refers to the roaming charges applied on the mobiles while a person is out-of station.
The Cable and Wireless Antigua also offers broadband services which comprises of ---- Business Xnet, XNET high speed internet, IT-IN-A-BOX, Max, Dialup Internet Access, Dell Dimension Bundle and Direct Internet Access. There are separate charges for all of these services.
The Cable and Wireless in Antigua offers quality customer care services also.