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Cox hires two wireless execs to build 700 MHz network

Cox Communications Inc. is moving forward with its wireless plans by appointing a few more positions. Stephen Bye, Cox's VP of wireless, announced the appointments of Raj Beri to VP of wireless product operations and Dane Dickie to executive director of wireless product development....

Executive Interview: Cox’s Stephen Bye: How will the company face the challenges of 2009?

Cable telecom giant Cox Communications Inc. recently announced it will launch wireless services in 2009. Stephen Bye, VP of Wireless at Cox, will play an integral part in the initiative as he will be responsible for the company’s wireless products and services strategy.Bye will...

Analyst Angle: The urgency of wireless voice service for cable operators: What do Cox, Time Warner and others need to do?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Cable operators are market leaders for pay TV and broadband services, and have done very...

Cable firm Cox to build wireless network by 2009 : Teams with Sprint Nextel to expand reach

After several failed attempts to offer a wireless play, Cox Communications announced its most ambitious wireless blueprint to date: The cable company said it plans to build its own network with the $500 million of spectrum it has accumulated, and plans to launch commercial...

Cable firm Cox to build wireless network by 2009: Will team with Sprint Nextel to expand reach

Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past several years, and will launch commercial services by next year. The company will work with Sprint Nextel Corp. to supplement...

Worst of the Week: The cable industry’s plan to take over wireless

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Cox rattles wireless sword (again) but is short on details (again)

ASPEN, Colo. - The cable industry remains infatuated with wireless, yet details on how it plans to tackle the market remain murky.The latest to shine a light on the issue was Cox Communications Inc. President Patrick Esser. Esser, speaking at the Progress and Freedom...

Cable companies quit ‘Pivot’ : Customers offered free month of service to move to Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless resale relationship with three of the nation's largest cable companies has come to an end. According to media reports, Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Cox Communications Inc. are pulling out of their Pivot-branded effort with the nation's 3rd...

Report: Cable companies mull WiMAX link-up with Sprint Nextel, Clearwire: Comcast, Time Warner could put millions into new venture

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are in discussions with the nation's two largest cable providers -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. -- to fund a nationwide WiMAX venture, according to the Wall Street Journal. Intel Corp., Google Inc. and Bright House...

700 MHz auction ends: Wireless heavyweights biggest players, others surprise

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, lost ground on public safety and gave dozens of mostly white-male-owned small businesses a...

As auction wanes, public safety weighs its options: Former NTIA Chief says it’s OK that D-Block bidding languishes, other disagree

As the 700 MHz auction winds to a close - apparently without a winning bidder for the commercial/public-safety license or a clear roadmap for meeting first responders' communications needs - progress is nonetheless being made on other fronts.The Department of Homeland Security's Science and...

Let the bidding begin: Concern remains, but 700 MHz auction set

IT'S GAME TIME.The wireless industry's version of March Madness is set to tip off Jan. 24, with 214 applicants vying for 1,099 spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band being auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission.But, it will be like getting periodic scoring updates...

214 qualified to bid in 700 MHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission said 214 applicants qualified to bid in the 700 MHz auction set to begin Jan. 24. Internet search engine giant Google Inc. joins a mix of leading mobile-phone carriers, cable and satellite TV operators and rural telephone companies in competition...

FCC releases full list of applicants for 700 MHz auction: Qualcomm to bid, while T-Mobile USA could sit it out

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 266 applications for the 700 MHz auction, with small and rural telephone companies dominating a field that also includes leading mobile-phone operators, Google Inc., EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., and some surprises. Click here for complete 700 MHz auction coverage. Nearly...

700 MHz: Clearwire, Sprint Nextel out; Leap, VZW, others in: FCC set to release full bidder list

The identities of likely 700 MHz bidders continue to emerge little by little as the Federal Communications Commission gears up to release a complete list of applicants in advance of the auction's Jan. 24 start date.Clearwire Corp. became the latest company to the show...

Cable giant Cox throws hat in 700 MHz auction ring: Comcast, Time Warner Cable remain on sidelines

Cox Communications Inc. said it will bid on wireless licenses when the 700 MHz auction kicks off Jan. 24, but two other cable TV giants in a wireless joint venture with Cox and others indicated they would sit this one out. "I can confirm...

Carriers cry overkill on pretexting

The wireless industry was tagged with new privacy rules it decried as overkill and potentially costly to consumers, while Sprint Nextel Corp. downplayed suggestions its joint venture with four cable operators could suffer because of restrictions on sharing phone records. The Federal Communications...

Cox joins Time Warner, Comcast in offering wireless

Cox Communications has launched converged services in two markets in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp., offering consumers in Arizona and San Diego a bundle that includes wireless service and mobile access to some cable content.Sprint Nextel has introduced similar services in Boston and Portland,...

New, old faces line up for AWS auction

WASHINGTON-Next month's advanced wireless services auction, anticipated for years due to the infusion of an additional 90 megahertz of spectrum into the U.S. wireless industry, may come to be remembered by who didn't show for the big dance. In the no-surprise category, Cingular Wireless...

Cox attacks telecom carriers on video lag

CHICAGO-Patrick Esser, president of Cox Communications Inc., reminded Globalcomm attendees during a keynote speech of his cable/telephone company's plans to unveil wireless service later this year in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. But Esser didn't stop there-he also threw out a challenge to state...

Challenges continue as carriers align for AWS auction

WASHINGTON-With the advanced wireless services auction quickly approaching and companies largely silent about their bidding intentions, controversy and uncertainty are slowly beginning to dominate an event billed as one of the biggest and most import sales of public airwaves in years. Already a health-related...

Cable companies looking at AWS spectrum; Sprint Nextel, Alltel to abstain

WASHINGTON—The Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable TV joint venture today took the first step toward competing for spectrum at the advanced wireless services auction this summer, a move with implications for the No. 3 mobile phone carrier and cable TV operators as they attempt to strengthen...

Initial Sprint Nextel cable venture markets named

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later this year, and news of which markets those will be is starting to bubble up. The Wall Street Journal reported...

Initial Sprint Nextel cable venture markets materializing

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later this year, and news of which markets those will be is starting to bubble up.The Wall Street Journal reported that...