Comments on: Cox Unveils Wireless Plans to Keep Telcos on the Defensive

By: Cox Launches Consumer-Friendly Wireless: Tech News «

Cox Launches Consumer-Friendly Wireless: Tech News « — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:27:55 +0000

[...] largest cable television provider in the U.S., today entered the mobile voice and data market after more than two years of planning to supplement its cable offerings with wireless services. Instead of touting the “quad-play” approach of cable, landline, Internet and wireless, [...]

By: DTV D-Day is Here!

DTV D-Day is Here! — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:50:29 +0000

[...] Our colleague Jennifer Martinez over at GigaOM, did a nice wrap-up of some of the companies benefiting from the switch: For the string of companies affected by the delay, it will be a sweet way to end the week. Verizon can finally begin its LTE deployment, Qualcomm can expand its MediaFLO service to new markets including San Francisco and Miami, and Cox Wireless can move ahead with its launch of 3G and 4G trials on the spectrum. [...]

By: At Long Last, the DTV Transition Is Upon Us

At Long Last, the DTV Transition Is Upon Us — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:01:34 +0000

[...] new markets including San Francisco and Miami, and Cox Wireless can move ahead with its launch of 3G and 4G trials on the spectrum. Still, it’s estimated that 3 million Americans will be left in the dark because of the [...]

By: AT&T’s Slow-Mo LTE Plans Taking Shape

AT&T’s Slow-Mo LTE Plans Taking Shape — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:34:45 +0000

[...] U.S. market. It had previously signed a deal to supply equipment to a handful of smaller players, including cable company Cox Communications. According to UBS, Huawei’s share of global communications equipment sales rose to to 14 [...]

By: Forget Voice, Cable’s Wireless Plans Need Video

Forget Voice, Cable’s Wireless Plans Need Video — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:18:52 +0000

[...] — less so for voice than for moving content around the home. Cox is building out its own 3G voice network, and will experiment with LTE, in its current service [...]

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:03:09 +0000

True, Mel. I tend to rely on links as these convenient shortcuts to info I don’t want to burden a story with. And Ram added quite a bit more depth to our original linked article, and I should have said so earlier. I’ve been ill most of the day, but do really appreciate y’all commenting, even if I don’t express it well.

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:34:27 +0000

Stacey, I realize the power of links, particularly back to an earlier story on GigaOm … but I would have never followed that link without Ram’s comment (and your follow-up).

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:49:14 +0000

Ram, our link-through in the first graf explains that as well. Thanks!

By: Ram Krishnan

Ram Krishnan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:35:24 +0000

Cox selected CDMA so that it could have roaming partnerships with Sprint off-net. I guess Cox wanted to leverage its earlier relationship with Sprint as well as the Clearwire venture. As I write in my blog, Cox has selected Huawei as its hardware vendor – Huawei is promising that it could install LTE cards in their universal base station product.

http://mobilebroadbandblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/puzzled-by-cox/