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| Industry | Telecommunication |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
| Defunct | 1997 |
| Fate | Merged with Cable & Wireless (October 1996) |
| Successor | Cable & Wireless |
Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 as a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless, to challenge the then-monopoly of British Telecom (BT). Although it proved only moderately successful at challenging BT's dominance, it led the way for new communication companies to attempt the same.
In 1997, Mercury ceased to exist as a brand after its amalgamation into the operations of Cable & Wireless.