by the telecommunications firm NTL in 1999, and then sold on to Npower in 2001 before the service was withdrawn entirely some years later. Its name lives on through its original sponsorship of the Mercury Music Prize, although now sponsored by Hyundai. See also History of Cable & Wireless Communications References External links Cable & Wireless History Cable & Wireless UK operations Defunct telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom British companies established in 1981 British companies disestablished in 1997 Telecommunications companies established in 1981 Telecommunications companies disestablished in 1997 1981 establishments in England 1997 disestablishments in England