Mr. D’Offay was confirmed as CWS’ Chief Executive Officer on February 21, 2022.
In March, The Seychelles Cable Systems Company Ltd (SCS) landed the Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) at Perseverance Island in Seychelles.
As of September, Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS) is officially listed on the MERJ Exchange. The public can now purchase shares via the MERJ Exchange platform.
Cable & Wireless launches the first and only 5G network in Seychelles!
Cable & Wireless Seychelles is 100% local. In November 2019, CWS is purchased from Liberty Latin America by a group of Seychellois investors, making one of Seychelles’ largest companies local.
CWS celebrates 125 years in operation. CWS also won its second consecutive loyalty award in London for the campaign ‘Help to Hear’.
CWS wins its first loyalty awards in London for its campaign ‘Save the Turtles’. This year, Mobile TV was launched, another first in the country. And finally, mobile network was upgraded to LTE!
Cable & Wireless started the major roll out of Fibre To The Home. Finally, CWS also adds another major offering on its TV services, which is ‘sinémaX’, a video-on-demand service.
CWS becomes the first quad-play provider in Seychelles by introducing CWS TV. The service is known as ‘IPTV’ (Internet Protocol Television), as the delivery of TV over internet protocol network.
Cable & Wireless introduces ‘eShop’, its new online service which positions the company as the 1st major utility provider to offer online payment options in Seychelles.
CWS is proud to celebrate its 120 years in Seychelles, now the leading telecommunication provider in Seychelles offering: fixed, mobile and internet services.
In 2012, Seychelles connects to Dar Es Salaam via a high speed Fibre Optic sub sea cable, CWS is the largest Telecom investor in this revolutionary technology...
As part of its program to modernize its core communications network, CWS successfully completed the roll out of its new state-of-the-art 3G+ mobile network across Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
iSurf, a Prepaid Wireless Internet is introduced. The service allows wireless access to the internet by means of any wireless-enabled devices such as laptops, mobiles, blackberry, or PDA
In 2008, CWS unveils the world's leading wireless solution, BlackBerry®, giving professionals access to a suite of business applications!
In April 2006, Cable & Wireless became the first mobile operator to introduce a state-of-the-art network that offered Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) and Mobile Internet.
In line with its long-term commitment towards supporting the local community and being responsive to their needs, the company launched the Cable & Wireless Seychelles Foundation in March 2005.
Cable eBill & Cable eDirectory online services were introduced giving customers access to their billing information and directory listings.
Short Message Service (SMS) was launched, again, revolutionizing the way people communicated within Seychelles and to the outside world.
Cable & Wireless introduced an intelligent Customer Information System (CIS). This revolutionized our ways of working, improving functionality, reliability and communication within the company.
A GSM network, which also has fax and data facilities, was introduced for the very first time in Seychelles. This was the dawn of the mobile era.
In June 1991 the DOMSAT system was inaugurated, bringing the Islands of Coetivy & Desroches into the national network via satellite, superseding the old and "crackly" HF radio links.
The phone card service is introduced, beginning with 9 public telephone card booths on Mahe. As the service became popular with both residents and visitors, it was introduced on Praslin, La Digue and later the outer islands...
The need to transmit documents rapidly over great distances led to the introduction of a telefax service in 1985. This revolutionised the way Seychelles and the rest of the world conducted business.
Between 1983 and 1986, the telephone system becomes digital! The installation of a new telephone switch made it possible to introduce International Direct Dialling to 75 countries.
An automatic customer dialled telex service was initiated and provided an essential service particularly for the Business and Government sectors.
Between 1972 and 1974 larger automatic telephone exchanges were installed on the main islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
Having successfully established HF radio links with the outside world via Nairobi and Bahrain, the last submarine telegraph cable was abandoned on 22nd May 1971 after 78 years of service.
The old Aden telegraph cable laid in 1922 was abandoned on the 31st October 1968, after 46 years of service.
In the late 1960s, HF radio links were gradually replacing the submarine telegraph cables around the world. In 1967 the first radio links by High Frequency (HF) Radio via Nairobi were established.
On the 1st July 1953, an agreement was reached between the Seychelles Government and Cable and Wireless Ltd. to operate a National Telephone System which was inaugurated in 1954.
CWS was responsible for the first broadcast in Seychelles on 14th June, when Governor W.M. Logan Esq addressed a parade on Gordon Square through the Eastern Telegraph's "Colset" TFS12 transmitter.
Cable & Wireless took over from the Government the running of the Ship-to-Shore wireless system in the Seychelles and was granted a license to operate other radio systems.
The islands were further linked to the Eastern Telegraph Company's international telegraph network in 1922 when another cable was laid from Aden to Colombo, Ceylon, via the Seychelles.
By 1902 the Seychelles telegraph station had become an important Indian Ocean cable relay station and in 1908 the first group of Seychellois cable operators were employed.
On the 29th March, the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company (our ancestory company) was granted a contract to establish a telegraph cable linking Zanzibar with Seychelles, then Mauritius .