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.
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Industry | Telecommunication |
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Founded | 1981 |
Defunct | 1997 |
Fate | Merged with Cable & Wireless (October 1996) |
Successor | Cable & Wireless |
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In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand after its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless.