Media Release - April 26, 2000

Cable & Wireless says call anywhere during the evenings in May for US99 cents or less

Cable & Wireless is once again offering customers in the Caribbean region an opportunity to save money on international calls during the month of May.

This latest offer allows customers to call anywhere in the world, on any evening during the week in May for US99 cents a minute or less, saving as much as 43% on the normal rate.

The promotion will run every evening Monday to Friday from 6pm to 8am. During these times, all direct dialed international calls made from fixed lines will be charged at weekend rates, making a call to the United States from the Cayman Islands cost just CI60 cents a minute, or CI54 cents for Talkaway customers.

The promotion, which will run throughout the month of May applies to customers in the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua, BVI, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

With customers in 70 countries, Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with over 50,000 employees worldwide. Its international operations offer a range of services spanning broadband data and Internet access, fixed and mobile voice, as well as interactive entertainment and information. Cable & Wireless' priority for expansion is the fast growing market for data and IP (Internet Protocol) services for business customers. Since November 1998, it has announced major investments in advanced networks in the US and Europe, the restructuring of Cable & Wireless Communications in the UK and has acquired full control of Cable & Wireless IDC in Japan to support this strategy. Cable & Wireless now holds a unique position in terms of global coverage to business customers.

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For more information contact:

Andrea Fa'amoe
Public Relations Manager
Cable & Wireless, Cayman
Tel: 1 345 914 0553
Cell: 1 345 916 6033
E-mail: prm@candw.ky

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