Freewire to extend off-campus using C&W network (UK)Cable & Wireless (C&W) has signed a 5-year GBP 70 million contract with UK IPTV service Freewire to provide the Freewire TV services to all inhabitants in the UK. C&W will also supply Freewire TV to other broadband operators using its network. Cable & Wireless signed the contract with Inuk Networks, the parent of Freewire. Currently, Inuk offers triple-play services to UK students in collaboration with JANET, the university backbone network. To date, over forty universities representing over 100,000 student rooms, have signed up to the Freewire service. Using Cable & Wireless’ nationwide multicast network, Freewire will be able to extend its proposition beyond the current user base of students in university accommodation and into the homes across the UK from March 2008.
