Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner have formed a consort...
Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner have formed a consortium to consider offering wireless service, Cox’s Patrick Esser told us Wed., a day after being named pres. (CD July 27 p14). Officials from Comcast and Time Warner confirmed the…
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talks. A spokesperson for Comcast indicated no deals or announcements are imminent. Time Warner, also a consortium participant, started a wireless trial with Sprint in March in Kansas City, a spokesman said. U.S. cable customers may have wireless headsets that double as home phones, NCTA Pres. Kyle McSlarrow has said (CD July 20 p1). Esser said he'll be working with McSlarrow and retiring Cox pres. Jim Robbins the next 6 months on telecom policy: “I need his [Robbins'] time to better understand” issues such as video franchising in states such as Tex. (CD July 27 p13). “We need to make sure that our representatives in Washington understand our business,” Esser said. His strategy includes “grassroots efforts” and having local officials speak with members of Congress. “We're going to do a better job,” Esser said. Separately, he said bidders for some of the company’s cable systems are conducting due diligence. Those systems, with 900,000 subscribers, could fetch nearly $3 billion, UBS cable analyst Aryeh Bourkoff estimated.