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Thus was a telecommunications provider operating in the United Kingdom. The company was once listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW). Following the acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide by Vodafone in July 2012, Thus was gradually integrated into Vodafone. This was completed on 1 April 2013. ==History== The company began life in 1994〔(Companies House WebCheck service, 16 Feb 2011 )〕 as ''Scottish Power Telecommunications Holdings Ltd'' (trading as ''Scottish Telecom''), an offshoot of the privatised energy company Scottish Power. In 1998 the company acquired Demon Internet.〔(Scottish Telecom buys Demon Internet ) Internet News, 5 May 1998〕 Rod Matthews, who had founded the business, remained as Chief Executive until 1999.〔(Matthews in new venture ) Independent on Sunday, 31 March 2001〕 In 2002 it was demerged from Scottish Power under the name ''Thus'' in a deal which effectively wiped out the majority of the company's debts, placing the company on a sound financial footing.〔(And thus the demerger finally came to pass ) Independent, 20 December 2001〕 In August 2004 it sold its call centre operation to Response Handling Ltd and in 2006 it acquired Your Communications and Legend Communications.〔(RHL secures buy-out of contact group Thus ) Precision Marketing, 16 July 2004〕〔(Thus agrees to buy Your Communications and Legend ) Financial News, 1 February 2006〕 On 28 May 2008 Cable & Wireless plc announced their intention to purchase the company with an offer of 165p per share: this first offer was rejected on 6 June 2008.〔(Thus Group rejects Cable & Wireless approach ) Announcement, 6 June 2008〕 On 30 June 2008, Cable & Wireless announced that it had acquired a 29.9% stake in Thus and tabled an improved offer of £329 million, or 180p per share.〔(C&W makes offer for Thus ) Reuters, 30 June 2008〕 On 1 October 2008, Cable & Wireless completed the takeover of Thus: the company became known as "Thus, a Cable & Wireless business". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thus (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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