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Cable & Wireless

Cable & Wireless refers to three telecommunications businesses: * Cable & Wireless plc, the original business, established in 1869 and split in 2010 ** Cable & Wireless HKT, a Hong Kong–based former subsidiary * Cable & Wireless Communications, the former mainly Caribbean division of Cable & Wireless plc, demerged in 2010 and since integrated into Liberty Global * Cable & Wireless Worldwide, renamed following the demerger of Cable & Wireless Communications and now integrated into Vodafone

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Article summary

Cable & Wireless refers to three telecommunications businesses: * Cable & Wireless plc, the original business, established in 1869 and split in 2010 ** Cable & Wireless HKT, a Hong Kong–based former subsidiary * Cable & Wireless Communications, the former mainly Caribbean division of Cable & Wireless plc, demerged in 2010 and since integrated into Liberty Global * Cable & Wireless Worldwide, renamed following the demerger of Cable & Wireless Communications and now integrated into Vodafone

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1869 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1869". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246698973

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.