Comcast will be the first cable provider to bring wireless service to the triple-play bundle. For an extra $33 a month, Comcast customers can now add a cellular phone to their account with 200 minutes of airtime.
Cox, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Advance/Newhouse Communications have all been engaged in bundled wireless trials since last November's announcement of a $200 million partnership with Sprint. Time Warner has been testing dual-mode service that allows seamless roaming between home VoIP Wi-Fi and Sprint's mobile network.
You may recall this same cast of characters, under the name SpectrumCo (original), gobbled up a heftly chunk of spectrum at a recent FCC AWS auction - technically enough to make them the nation's fifth largest wireless provider.
So what does it all mean? Well, given that Verizon, BellSouth, Qwest and SBC all have their own wireless bundles in market today, it seems clear that cable is still trying reach parity. However, the investment they've made in spectrum and with Sprint give them ample room to grow.
Here's what Reuters says:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-28T213732Z_01_N28279743_RTRUKOC_0_US-COMCAST-WIRELESS.xml&WTmodLoc=TechNewsHome_C2_technologyNews-1
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