	toshiba regrets link with u k access issue toshiba corp tsba t said it regrets its plan to enter the u k business facsimile and telephone market may be caught up in a diplomatic row over the position of cable and wireless plc s cawl l in the japanese market britain is considering how to retaliate against japan s attempt to prevent cable and wireless from taking a major position in a japanese international telecommunications venture as a matter of timing it is regrettable that this has been linked with the question of market access in japan a toshiba spokesman told reuters toshiba information systems u k ltd a toshiba subsidiary said yesterday it planned to enter the u k market under the toshiba own brand name and had applied for government approval to do so toshiba has supplied equipment to u k manufacturers for sale under their brand names since last year the toshiba spokesman said the sale of such equipment was not comparable to cable and wireless efforts to take a stake in the new japanese telecommunications firm they are matters of a different category he said reuter 
