LONDON, UK -- Cable & Wireless (LSE: CW; NYSE: CWP), the global telecommunications group, today announced a four-year strategic relationship with Cisco Systems, Inc. to accelerate the development and expansion of Cable & Wireless' Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications services through a technical and marketing agreement that includes the build out of a global Cisco Powered Network (CPN) combined with joint marketing and sales initiatives, for both the indirect and direct channels as well as cooperation in developing concepts for next generation products and services.