About: Mercury Communications

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Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challenging BT's dominance, it led the way for new communication companies to attempt the same. In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand after its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless.

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  • ميركوري للإتصالات (بالإنجليزية: Mercury Communications Ltd)‏ كانت شركة هاتف وطنية في المملكة المتحدة، تأسست عام 1981 كشركة فرعية لشركة لتتحدى احتكار مجموعة بي تي. وفي عام 1997 لم يعد للشركة وجود كعلامة تجارية بعد اندماجها في شركة . (ar)
  • Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challenging BT's dominance, it led the way for new communication companies to attempt the same. In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand after its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless. (en)
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  • (October 1996) (en)
  • Merged withCable & Wireless (en)
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  • 1981-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 2006-04-19 (xsd:date)
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  • 1997 (xsd:integer)
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  • Merged with Cable & Wireless (en)
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  • Mercury Communications.png (en)
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  • Mercury Communications Ltd (en)
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  • ميركوري للإتصالات (بالإنجليزية: Mercury Communications Ltd)‏ كانت شركة هاتف وطنية في المملكة المتحدة، تأسست عام 1981 كشركة فرعية لشركة لتتحدى احتكار مجموعة بي تي. وفي عام 1997 لم يعد للشركة وجود كعلامة تجارية بعد اندماجها في شركة . (ar)
  • Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challenging BT's dominance, it led the way for new communication companies to attempt the same. In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand after its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless. (en)
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  • ميركوري للإتصالات (ar)
  • Mercury Communications (en)
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  • Mercury Communications Ltd (en)
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