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company_name = PCCW Ltd.| |
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company_logo = [[Image:PCCW.jpg|300px]]| |
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company_type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{Sehk|0008}})| |
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|series=[[Coronation Street]] |
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company_slogan = ONLY PCCW| |
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| name = Carla Connor |
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foundation = [[1994]]| |
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| image1 = Image:Carla+wedding.jpg |
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location = [[Hong Kong]]| |
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| creator = [[Steve Frost]] |
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key_people = [[Richard Li]], Chairman| |
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| first = 1 December 2006 |
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| residence = [[Weatherfield]] Quays |
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industry = [[Telecommunications]]| |
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| born = January 3, 1975 |
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products = [[Cable]], [[Internet]], [[Telephony]], [[Mobile phone|Mobile Telephony]]| |
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| parents = |
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revenue = | |
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| romances = [[Liam Connor]]<br>[[Tony Gordon]] |
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operating_income = | |
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| siblings = Darren |
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net_income = | |
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| spouse = [[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul Connor]] (1999-2007) |
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homepage = [http://www.pccw.com/eng// www.pccw.com/eng]| |
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| occupation = Co-owner, [[List_of_business%27_in_Weatherfield#Underworld|Underworld]] |
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| portrayer = [[Alison King]] |
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'''Carla Connor''' is a [[fictional character]] in the popular British [[ITV1]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''. She is played by [[Alison King]].<ref>http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/atoe/CarlaConnor/default.html</ref> |
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'''PCCW Limited''' ('''PCCW''', {{zh-t|t=電訊盈科}}) is the largest <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pccw.com/eng/AboutUs/CompanyProfile.html |title=About Us/Company Profile |publisher=PCCW |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref> [[telecommunication]] [[Business|enterprise]] in [[Hong Kong]]. PCCW has been listed on [[The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited|Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] {{sehk|0008}},since [[18 October]] [[1994]]. |
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==Background & Character Development== |
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==Main business== |
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Carla's mother was a drug dealer, who sold drugs from a pram on an estate, and her brother, only known as Darren, is serving eight years in [[Manchester (HM Prison)|Strangeways]] prison for armed robbery.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/atoe/CarlaConnor/default.html About Carla Connor]</ref> |
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[[Image:PCCWShop.JPG|thumb|right|300px|PCCW Shop in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]], [[Hong Kong]].]] |
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Products and services offered by PCCW include<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pccw.com/eng/Products/AllProducts.html |title=Products and Services |publisher=PCCW |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref>: |
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* Telecommunications services |
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**Landline telecommunications |
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**Mobile telecommunications - ''PCCW Mobile'' |
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**Broadband internet - ''[[Netvigator]], Netvigator Everywhere, PCCW Wi-Fi'' |
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* Television and Media Content |
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**''[[now TV]]'' |
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**''[[now.com.hk]]'' |
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**Temporary ownership of the following [[Digital Television in Hong Kong|Hong Kong's digital terrestrial TV]] channels (through a 50/50 joint-venture between now TV and [[i-Cable Communications Limited|i-Cable]]): |
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***''News & Business Channel'' (operate by [[Asia Television Limited|aTV]]) |
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***''His TV'' (operate by [[Asia Television Limited|aTV]]) |
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***''Her TV'' (operate by [[Asia Television Limited|aTV]]) |
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***''Plus TV'' (operate by [[Asia Television Limited|aTV]]) |
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***''HD Channel'' (operate by [[Asia Television Limited|aTV]]) |
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***''J2'' (operate by [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]]) |
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***''Interactive Information Channel'' (operate by [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]]) |
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***''HD Jade'' (operate by [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]]) |
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* [[Information technology|IT]] Services and [[Business process outsourcing|BPO]] - ''PCCW Solutions'', formerly ''Unihub'', formerly ''PCCW Business eSolutions'' |
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* Infrastructure - ''Cascade, Ltd.''<ref name="Cascade">{{cite web |url=http://www.cascade-ltd.com/abtus/index_company.html |title=Cascade Limited: About Us |publisher=Cascade |year=2003 |accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref> |
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Carla made her first appearance on 1 December, 2006, at a Christmas party at her husband, [[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul Connor's]], factory. She arrived with a bottle of champagne in each hand immediately asserting her presence amongst the factory girls. |
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==History== |
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{{Inappropriate tone|date=February 2008}} |
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PCCW was formed by [[Richard Li|Richard Li Tzar Kai]], the younger son of Hong Kong tycoon [[Li Ka Shing]]. Formerly Pacific Century Development, it was an investment holding company. The company's English name was changed from "Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited" to "PCCW Limited" on [[9 August]], [[2002]]. |
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==Storylines== |
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It then won a controversial land deal, acquiring valuable waterfront real estate from the government without any public auction bids.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} Many in Hong Kong cried cronyism,{{Fact|date=February 2008}} as Hong Kong chief executive [[Tung Chee Hwa]] gave away the land to his new high-tech residential and commercial venture called [[Cyberport]].{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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Carla was furious to discover that her husband had spent all the money she needed to start her children's clothing business. She manipulated factory workers [[Kelly Crabtree]] and [[Joanne Jackson]] into working weekends, early mornings and late nights in order to raise money for her business; however, Kelly and Joanne eventually refused to continue working for Carla as they became isolated from their friends. |
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On 16 April 2007, after an illegal night shift making clothes for Carla's business, [[Poles|Polish]] worker Kasia tripped and fell down the stairs of the factory, killing her instantly. The only people present were Carla and Wiki. Instead of phoning for an ambulance, Carla contacted husband Paul, who came over and sent Wiki home, assuring her that matters would be taken care of. Paul then devised a plan to avoid Carla's illegal night shifts from being discovered. They would wait until 8 a.m., then clock Kasia in for work, so that they could say she came in early to help Paul, and then fell to her death. |
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PCCW acquired Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) in August 2000, which was formerly known as the ''Hong Kong Telephone Company'' (founded in 1925).{{Fact|date=February 2008}} Initially, HKT owner [[Cable & Wireless]] entertained a bid from [[Singapore Telecommunications]], but there was local concern about a Singapore company owning the largest Hong Kong telephone system.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} PCCW entered the scene and offered Cable and Wireless PCCW stock and US$11 billion in bank loans.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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Carla became close friends with brother-in-law Liam's girlfriend [[Leanne Battersby]] and the pair went into business together. However, their friendship was destroyed after Carla discovered that Leanne was secretly a prostitute, and that Paul was one of Leanne's clients. She vowed to divorce Paul, who blamed Leanne for wrecking his marriage, and he took revenge by kidnapping her in the boot of his car. However, Paul was distracted on the journey and the car was hit by a truck at a junction. Paul subsequently died in hospital although Leanne survived. Carla then backed out of the business relationship with Leanne and told her she wouldn’t be investing in her Italian restaurant. Carla subsequently inherited Paul's 60% share of Underworld, causing friction with Liam. |
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The acquisition vaulted PCCW from a small 1990s [[Dot-com company|dot-com]] holdings company to one of the largest [[corporation]]s in Hong Kong. PCCW is now also the leading [[Internet service provider]] in Hong Kong,{{Fact|date=February 2008}} using the [[Netvigator]] brand for dialup modem and [[Digital Subscriber Line|DSL]] service. |
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Carla overcame Paul's death very quickly and started dating [[Tony Gordon]] in September 2007. This move by Carla made Liam think about how he truly felt about her. During the middle of an argument, Liam and Carla kissed, although she denied having feelings for him, they were both left confused. Carla tried to stop Liam from marrying [[Maria Sutherland]] the night before their wedding, kissing Liam in a bid to steal him from her. It did not work, leaving Carla devastated. She turned up at Liam and Maria's wedding, upsetting Maria. Maria finally stood up to her and slapped her in the toilets. A forlorn Carla then left the reception in the back of a cab. |
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PCCW has been the object of much scorn in Hong Kong as a result of the HKT purchase.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} In 2003 the company's stock price was down 96 percent from its 2000 peak.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} In the face of challenges due to debt, intense local telecoms competition and a struggling international joint venture ''Reach'' (50/50 owned by PCCW and [[Telstra]]), PCCW was the worst-performing [[Blue chip (stock market)|blue chip]] on the [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] (HKSE) in 2002 and 2003.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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Carla and Tony broke up briefly as Carla believed herself to be in love with Liam; however on 17 March 2008, Tony proposed to Carla, and she accepted. However, in May that year, Carla supported Liam through the [[stillbirth]] of his and Maria's son, and the two finally slept together. On 16 June 2008, Carla blackmailed Liam into selling his share of the factory by threatening to tell of her and Liam's [[one-night stand]]. |
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In 2003, Cable and Wireless finished cashing in all the stock from the 14.7 percent stake it had in PCCW. Worth US$5 billion at the time of the 2000 acquisition of HKT, the stock sales yielded only $1.9 billion in the end.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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In September that year, she and Liam went back into business, with [[Tom Kerrigan|Tom]], but they both agreed to keep it quiet from their partners. |
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Richard Li gave up his spot as PCCW's chief executive officer in July 2003 but remained as chairman and executive director. [[Jack So]], who left his chairman position at Hong Kong subway operator [[MTR Corporation Limited]], took up the job of group managing director at PCCW on [[25 July]] [[2003]]. |
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Late that month, Rosie tried to seduce Tony after becoming convinced that Tony was making a pass on her, and this eventually led to Carla and Liam's affair being revealed to Tony, who seeks revenge on Liam eventually leading to Liam's death. |
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PCCW chairman Richard Li has agreed to sell his indirectly held 22.66 percent stake in PCCW on [[11 July]] [[2006]] to Fiorlatte Ltd, a new startup company wholly owned by Francis Leung Pak-to, for a total consideration of HK$9.16 billion. In turn, Francis Leung Pak-to has agreed to sell an 8% stake in PCCW to [[Telefónica]] for 323 million euros.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} |
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==Temporary departure== |
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Effective [[10 June]] [[2008]], PCCW's stock is no longer a constituent the [[Hang Seng Index]] (HSI).<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://main.hsi.com.hk/hsicom/announce/20080509e.pdf |title=Hang Seng Indexes Announces Index Review Results |publisher=Hang Seng Indexes |format=PDF |date=2008-05-09 |accessdate=2008-05-09 }}</ref> PCCW had joined the index on [[9 August]] [[2000]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://main.hsi.com.hk/hsicom/constituent/hist_hsi.xls |title=Changes in HSI Constituent Stocks |publisher=Hang Seng Indexes |format=[[Microsoft Excel|Excel/XLS]] |accessdate=2008-05-09 }}</ref> |
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Carla will exit the soap at Christmas whilst actress [[Alison King]] is on maternity leave but it has not yet been confimed if she will return.<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a121158/corrie-star-king-expecting-first-child.html </ref> |
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==Purported Cable & Wireless takeover bid== |
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News report from the [[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]] on [[6 February]] [[2003]] revealed that PCCW made a preliminary takeover approach to Cable & Wireless on December 2002 as the British company's share languished near record lows.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2741919.stm |
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| title= Hong Kong tech firm mulls C&W bid |
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| work= BBC News |
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| date= 2003-02-10 |
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| accessdate= 2008-03-18 |
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Li told the Sunday Times newspaper that PCCW would not launch a hostile bid for C&W but that the two companies could work together to enhance shareholders' value. |
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The Times quoted Li as saying that he was planning to try again that week with a two billion pound (US$3.27 billion) bid for C&W. Following the news report, PCCW issued a statement through the Hong Kong stock exchange on [[6 February]] [[2003]] morning saying it had not made a formal offer for C&W and was not in takeover talks with the company. Later in the day, in London and Hong Kong, PCCW issued statements saying it had made a preliminary takeover approach to C&W in a letter at the end of 2002. |
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PCCW apologised on [[10 February]] [[2003]] for making what were seen by some in the market as contradictory statements. The [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] demanded an explanation from PCCW after noting discrepancies between the two statements regarding its approach to C&W about a possible bid. |
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In any case, C&W had rebuffed PCCW's takeover approach by February 2003.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200302/ai_n17657584 |
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| title= Cable & Wireless shuns PCCW |
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| work= The Asian World Street Journal |
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| date= 2003-02-10 |
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==Cascade, Ltd.== |
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PCCW announced the formation of wholly owned subsidiary ''CASCADE Limited'' in January 2003 and transferred almost a quarter of its total work force to Cascade. Cascade employs more than 3,000 staff as of June 2003. |
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Cascade provides PCCW's telecommunications network operations with support and maintenance services. It provides also network infrastructure design, build-out and maintenance services, consulting solutions, customer installation and maintenance services, project management, operating systems development and maintenance and technical support to clients other than PCCW.<ref name="Cascade"/> |
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==PCCW Solutions (Unihub, Business eSolutions)== |
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PCCW Solutions is the [[information technology]] services and [[business process outsourcing]] (BPO) division of PCCW. Press releases prior to February 2006 refer to it by the name ''Unihub''.<ref name="PCCW-Solutions-PR">{{cite press release |url=http://www.pccwsolutions.com/a5.html |publisher=PCCW Solutions |title=News & Events |accessdate=2008-04-13 }}</ref>. Unihib was a re-branding of PCCW's ''Business eSolutions'' division, from [[1 September]] [[2003]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.pccw.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=PCCW/COMMON/newspopup&pageid=1058030271674&pagelang=eng |publisher=PCCW Solutions |title=PCCW attains BS 7799 |date=2003-11-17 |accessdate=2008-04-13 }}</ref> |
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Business eSolutions division formed a venture with [[China Telecom]] to provide IT solutions to major business organizations in 2002. This was in addition to PCCW's PCITC alliance with [[Sinopec]], formed to serve Sinopec plus other players in China's petrochemical sector. The division also contributed to the new [[Hong Kong Identity Card]] system in 2003.<ref name="PCCW-Solutions-PR"/> |
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In early 2003, Business eSolutions entered a contract to provide services for [[Bank of China]]'s credit-card [[back office]] processing system in China.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} It also extended a 2002 [[enterprise resource planning]] (ERP) project into more provinces for [[China Mobile]] and completed the [[flight information display system]] (FIDS) for [[Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport|Xiamen Airport]], and a [[human resource management]] and financial management system for the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} |
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==Education== |
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The PCCW foundation has provided sponsorship for local data network service for the ''[[Internet2]]'' project initiated by the Joint Universities Computer Center (JUCC). The project enables staff and students at local universities to connect and exchange with Internet2 universities all over the world in researching the next generation of networking technologies.<ref name="Community">{{cite web |url=http://www.pccw.com/eng/AboutUs/CommunityandEnvironment.html |title=About Us/Community and Environment |publisher=PCCW |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref> |
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The foundation also supports the ''Workplace English Campaign'' and other education-related initiatives, such as annual scholarships for top students nominated by local universities. |
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==Community service== |
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PCCW provides communications services for a variety of social service schemes. This includes support for students, single parents, the unemployed, distressed people and the elderly who benefit from counseling hotlines, info-line services for Medilink and networks to help find employment.<ref name="Community"/> |
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==Incident with YouTube== |
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On [[24 February]] [[2008]], PCCW was blamed for blocking users around the world from accessing the video sharing website [[YouTube]]. While attempting to block internet users in [[Pakistan]], following orders from the Pakistani Government, PCCW accidentally blocked all of their users from the website. The blockage spread worldwide via incorrect [[Border Gateway Protocol|BGP]] routing tables published by PCCW, coming originally from PieNet in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7262071.stm |
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| title= YouTube outage blamed on Pakistan |
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| work= BBC News |
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| date= 2008-02-24 |
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| accessdate= 2008-02-25 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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| url= http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=548 |
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| title= Pakistan removed from the Internet |
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| first= Richard |
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| last= Stiennon |
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| work= Threat Chaos |
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| publisher= ZDNet |
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| date= 2008-02-24 |
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==Operations== |
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PCCW's businesses have a presence in the following countries and territories<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pccw.com/eng/AboutUs/PCCWaroundtheworld.html|title=About Us/PCCW around the world|publisher=PCCW|year=[[2008]]|accessdate=2008-03-18}}</ref>: |
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* [[People's Republic of China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]] |
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* [[Taiwan]] |
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* [[Malaysia]] |
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* [[Saudi Arabia]] |
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* [[Singapore]] |
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* [[Korea]] |
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* [[Japan]] |
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* [[United States]] |
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* [[United Kingdom]] |
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==See also== |
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* [[Now TV]] |
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* [[Netvigator]] |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/atoe/CarlaConnor/default.html Carla Connor at ITV Soaps] |
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*[http://www.pccw.com/eng/ PCCW Homepage] |
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*[http://www.pccwmobile.com PCCW Mobile] |
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*[http://www.netvigator.com/netvigator2003/index_eng.htm Netvigator (Internet Services)] |
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*[http://www.now-tv.com/eng/ now TV (Digital TV Services)] |
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*[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/99/99888.html Yahoo! - PCCW Limited Company Profile] |
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Carla Connor is a fictional character in the popular British ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by Alison King.[1]
Background & Character Development
Carla's mother was a drug dealer, who sold drugs from a pram on an estate, and her brother, only known as Darren, is serving eight years in Strangeways prison for armed robbery.[2]
Carla made her first appearance on 1 December, 2006, at a Christmas party at her husband, Paul Connor's, factory. She arrived with a bottle of champagne in each hand immediately asserting her presence amongst the factory girls.
Storylines
Carla was furious to discover that her husband had spent all the money she needed to start her children's clothing business. She manipulated factory workers Kelly Crabtree and Joanne Jackson into working weekends, early mornings and late nights in order to raise money for her business; however, Kelly and Joanne eventually refused to continue working for Carla as they became isolated from their friends.
On 16 April 2007, after an illegal night shift making clothes for Carla's business, Polish worker Kasia tripped and fell down the stairs of the factory, killing her instantly. The only people present were Carla and Wiki. Instead of phoning for an ambulance, Carla contacted husband Paul, who came over and sent Wiki home, assuring her that matters would be taken care of. Paul then devised a plan to avoid Carla's illegal night shifts from being discovered. They would wait until 8 a.m., then clock Kasia in for work, so that they could say she came in early to help Paul, and then fell to her death.
Carla became close friends with brother-in-law Liam's girlfriend Leanne Battersby and the pair went into business together. However, their friendship was destroyed after Carla discovered that Leanne was secretly a prostitute, and that Paul was one of Leanne's clients. She vowed to divorce Paul, who blamed Leanne for wrecking his marriage, and he took revenge by kidnapping her in the boot of his car. However, Paul was distracted on the journey and the car was hit by a truck at a junction. Paul subsequently died in hospital although Leanne survived. Carla then backed out of the business relationship with Leanne and told her she wouldn’t be investing in her Italian restaurant. Carla subsequently inherited Paul's 60% share of Underworld, causing friction with Liam.
Carla overcame Paul's death very quickly and started dating Tony Gordon in September 2007. This move by Carla made Liam think about how he truly felt about her. During the middle of an argument, Liam and Carla kissed, although she denied having feelings for him, they were both left confused. Carla tried to stop Liam from marrying Maria Sutherland the night before their wedding, kissing Liam in a bid to steal him from her. It did not work, leaving Carla devastated. She turned up at Liam and Maria's wedding, upsetting Maria. Maria finally stood up to her and slapped her in the toilets. A forlorn Carla then left the reception in the back of a cab.
Carla and Tony broke up briefly as Carla believed herself to be in love with Liam; however on 17 March 2008, Tony proposed to Carla, and she accepted. However, in May that year, Carla supported Liam through the stillbirth of his and Maria's son, and the two finally slept together. On 16 June 2008, Carla blackmailed Liam into selling his share of the factory by threatening to tell of her and Liam's one-night stand.
In September that year, she and Liam went back into business, with Tom, but they both agreed to keep it quiet from their partners.
Late that month, Rosie tried to seduce Tony after becoming convinced that Tony was making a pass on her, and this eventually led to Carla and Liam's affair being revealed to Tony, who seeks revenge on Liam eventually leading to Liam's death.
Temporary departure
Carla will exit the soap at Christmas whilst actress Alison King is on maternity leave but it has not yet been confimed if she will return.[3]