Comcast (CMCSA) on Tuesday said that it would move into a trial phase of providing wireless services under a network-leasing agreement with Verizon Communications (VZ), but the cable leader said that no commercial launch is imminent. Comcast, along with Time Warner Cable (TWC), Bright House Networks, Cox and Advance/Newhouse, in 2011 sold Verizon high-quality radio spectrum in a $3.6 billion deal. The cable companies secured rights to resell
AT&T (T) and CenturyLink (CTL) are vulnerable to further broadband market share losses vs. Comcast and other cable TV firms, says Morgan Stanley, based on customer dissatisfaction in areas where copper-based DSL broadband service is available. While cable TV firms — including Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and privately held Cox Communications — already dominate the broadband market, there’s still upside
The largest cable and telephone providers in America added about 360,000 net high-speed Internet subscribers in the second quarter. The increase was largely due to gains among Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and other cable providers, which added 512,000 total subscribers in Q2. Time Warner added 189,000 broadband Internet subscribers while Comcast added 179,000, reports Leichtman Research Group. Those gains offset losses by telephone