Cable & Wireless secures UK IPTV deal with Inuk

July 11, 2007 - Cable & Wireless will be delivering national IPTV services via broadband in the UK, through a wholesale deal with Inuk Networks.

Worth around £70 million over five years, the contract sees Cable & Wireless providing Inuk with access to the UK's nationwide multicast network enabling the delivery of television, telephony and broadband services. 

In addition, Cable & Wireless will offer Inuk's IPTV platform as a white label solution to other wholesale DSL customers who want to provide their customers with a digital television offering.

Cable & Wireless will deliver this triple-play offering to Freewire, Inuk's go-to-market subsidiary.   Freewire will provide all consumers in the UK with added supplier choice for multichannel television.

Marcus Liassides, CEO, Inuk, said: "Cable & Wireless has the unique capability to offer an all-national wholesale multicast platform, so for us, the deal was a no-brainer.  It's great news for our customers as it means we can deliver triple-play services into the home and it's great news for us as we can expand the choice of services that we're able to offer in the future."

Jim Marsh, CEO, Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US, commented: "This is another great wholesale partnership deal for us and I'm delighted that we've been able to create the UK's most compelling IPTV platform for Inuk. We will concentrate on providing an excellent customer service to Inuk and our other wholesale broadband customers - whilst they focus on delivering a range of triple-play services to our collective consumers."