Difference between revisions of "Mercury Communications"
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1989 Gained licence for next generation mobile phones in the UK<ref>The Times, June 23, 1989</ref> | 1989 Gained licence for next generation mobile phones in the UK<ref>The Times, June 23, 1989</ref> | ||
1991 Licences were issued to provide mobile services using digital technology operating personal communications networks - these were taken up by Mercury Personal Communications Ltd and '''Orange'''.<ref>1991 Competition Commission report</ref> | |||
1993 [[Blick]] bought the '''Time and Security''' business of Mercury Communications; neither company was involved in manufacturing but bought products from a range of suppliers and configured their own systems<ref>The Times, October 23, 1993</ref> | 1993 [[Blick]] bought the '''Time and Security''' business of Mercury Communications; neither company was involved in manufacturing but bought products from a range of suppliers and configured their own systems<ref>The Times, October 23, 1993</ref> |
Latest revision as of 12:49, 13 December 2020
Telephone system operator, of Brentford
1981 A licence was granted to Cable and Wireless in partnership with Barclays Merchant Bank and BP to establish a second UK telecommunications network, Mercury Communications Ltd, as a rival to British Telecom.
1983 Mercury Communications was the first company which offered an alternative telephone service to British Telecom[1]
1984 Barclays Merchant Bank and BP sold their shares to Cable and Wireless [2]
1984 Commissioned satellite ground station and completed UK fibre-optic cable network.
1988 The Time and Security business was formed from the non-telecommunications businesses of Telephone Rentals Ltd
1989 Gained licence for next generation mobile phones in the UK[3]
1991 Licences were issued to provide mobile services using digital technology operating personal communications networks - these were taken up by Mercury Personal Communications Ltd and Orange.[4]
1993 Blick bought the Time and Security business of Mercury Communications; neither company was involved in manufacturing but bought products from a range of suppliers and configured their own systems[5]
1997 Mercury was merged with three cable operators in the UK (Videotron, Nynex, and Bell Cablemedia) and renamed Cable and Wireless Communications which was then floated on the Stock Exchange[6]