Comcast goes wireless in Connecticut

Comcast continues its aggressive convergence play, announcing it is extending its wireless offering into Connecticut and western Massachusetts. The new service, unveiled in the greater Boston metropolitan area earlier this year, uses the Sprint Nextel network and Sprint phones branded as Pivot. Interoperability is the buzz word from Comcast executives. Users of the Pivot phone will get unlimited calling between the wireless and home phones using Comcast's digital voice service. The new Pivot service will allow a customer to check voice mails at home or access home television listings or even watch live or mobile television.

Comcast is the operator the telcos most admire/fear and the move by the Philadelphia-based cable provider into the lucrative wireless arena is consistent with its convergence strategy of melding wire and wireless services into an integrated offering. Comcast's digital voice product now has nearly 3 million customers and is expected to grow rapidly over the next four years. The basic Pivot service is being offered at $33 a month.

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