[1st-mile-nm] Verizon Expands Comcast, Time Warner Cable 'Quad-Play' Deals

[Richard Lowenberg]

Verizon Expands Comcast, Time Warner Cable 'Quad-Play' Deals

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407519,00.asp

Verizon Wireless today expanded its "quad play" deals with Time Warner 
Cable and Comcast into Maine, Nebraska, Arizona, Florida, and New 
Mexico.

Going forward, Time Warner Cable customers in the Maine cities of 
Portland, Augusta, Bangor, Waterville, Brunswick, Auburn, and Presque 
Isle will be able to call up Time Warner or Verizon Wireless and sign up 
for Internet, cable, and/or voice from Time Warner and wireless service 
from Verizon in one call.

The offer is also available to Time Warner Cable users in Nebraska, 
though Verizon did not specify which cities. It's already available in 
areas in Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and 
Wisconsin.

On the Comcast front, customers across Florida, in Tucson, Ariz., as 
well as Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces, N.M. will also be able to 
purchase Comcast and Verizon Wireless services from either provider.

Joint Verizon Wireless and Comcast services are already available in 
cities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington.

The offerings are part of the $3.6 billion spectrum purchase Verizon 
announced in December. As part of that deal, Verizon Wireless agreed to 
purchase 122 Advanced Wireless Systems (AWS) spectrum licenses from 
SpectrumCo, LLC, a joint effort from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and 
Bright House Networks. The deal also called for the cable companies and 
Verizon to resell each other's services.

The spectrum sale, however, is still awaiting regulatory approval. 
Recently, Verizon has pledged to sell off coveted spectrum in the 
700-MHz band and swap or sell spectrum to T-Mobile - but only if 
officials approve the cable deal.



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Richard Lowenberg
1st-Mile Institute
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-989-9110 / 505-603-5200
www.1st-mile.com   rl at 1st-mile.com
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