WightCable
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Wight Cable 2005 Ltd is the only provider of commercial and residential cable television, telephone and broadband internet services on the Isle of Wight. Along with Kingston Communications and others, it is one of the last few remaining cable companies not owned by Virgin Media who, from March 2006, operate more than 95% of cable services in the UK. The Isle of Wight Cable and Telephone Company (IOWCTC) and Omne Communications were takenover by CLS Holdings in the early years of the 21st century. It ran two mostly separate operations, WightCable on the Isle of Wight (former IOWCTC), and WightCable (North) in south west Scotland around Irvine, Troon & Kilmarnock and in North West England around Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe (formerly Omne Communications). CLS Holdings Have now sold both of the original two companies to seperate private investers who intend to operate them seperatly taking full advantage of the advances in technology that have occured in the interveining years.
[edit] Modernisation - 2005 onwards
WightCable Ltd were sold in the last part of 2005, now going under the name Wight Cable 2005 Ltd. Many changes have been introduced for the end user not only new graphics on the website and letterheads but also more usefully increased broadband speeds and low cost inclusive call package unlimited broadband connection and digital television. Making it a one stop shop for all media needs. It is speculated that these change were brought about to build on the existing customer base by improving the quality of service that the old company had provided and pave the way for the new island wide WightWireless wireless telephone and broadband service and the new connect service via BT lines. Link *WightCable (Isle of Wight)
On 15 March 2007, Wight Cable North announced it was to rebrand again to Smallworld [1], boasting that it will be the only supplier of Television, Phone and Internet services over a purely digital network.
