Smallworld Cable
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| Subsidiary of Virgin Media | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2001 (as Omne Communications) |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters |
Morecambe, United Kingdom (Registered office) Irvine, United Kingdom (Head office) |
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Key people
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Graham Clare – general manager |
| Products | Cable television broadband telephone |
| Owner | Liberty Global |
| Parent | Virgin Media |
| Website | www.smallworldcable.com (links to Virgin Media website) |
Smallworld Fibre (previously Smallworld Cable, Wightcable North and OMNE) was a British telecommunications company based in Irvine, North Ayrshire. The coverage area was Irvine, Dreghorn, Troon and Kilmarnock in the west of Scotland, and Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe in the north-west of England, serving over 40,000 homes.
Smallworld provided broadband, telephone and digital television services to residential customers.
The company was founded in the summer of 2001 as Omne Communications by former employees of BT and NTL. Their television service launched in December after being granted a local delivery service licence by the ITC.
In May 2002, Omne Communications entered administration. On 1 February 2003, it was announced CLS Holdings, owners of WightCable, had acquired a 76% stake in the company for £4.1 million, saving it from closure. The company was rebranded later that year from Omne to WightCable North.
In January 2006, WightCable North was sold by CLS Holdings, at a loss of £2.1 million, to Netfonics. In March 2007, WightCable North was rebranded as Smallworld Media.
In December 2009, Smallworld Media rebranded itself as Smallworld Cable and introduced a new logo. On 18 December 2009, Smallworld announced that they had completed core network upgrades and planned to roll out faster 50Mbit/s DOCSIS 3.0 broadband across its cable network. The company also confirmed they had connected the town of Dreghorn to their network, increasing their customer base by around 1,200 homes.
In early 2013, Smallworld Cable changed its name to Smallworld Fibre.
On 3 February 2014, Smallworld Fibre was acquired by Virgin Media for an undisclosed fee. The deal saw Smallworld's network merged into Virgin Media's during 2014.
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