Is Comcast Poised to Enter the Fray with Verizon and AT&T?
Comcast has just made a move that is causing quite a bit of speculation about their future plans for wireless service. Although there has been no official announcement yet, the cable giant has hired the former CTO of Telefonica O2 Europe, Dave Williams to "explore wireless options." He apparently took the role of Senior Vice President of wireless and technology strategy.
Williams has been in wireless for several years and has held positions at several major companies. Before Telefonica he was VP of strategic planning at Cingular Wireless, a position he rose to in the aftermath of the SBC Wireless-BellSouth Cellular merger. He also helped create the Pacific Bell Mobile network.
His experience in wireless has led to speculation that Comcast is positioning its pieces to move into the wireless market with Verizon and AT&T. Both Verizon and AT&T offer the quad pack of communications services - video, voice, data and wireless. It now appears that Comcast is interested in offering all four as well.
Rumors are flying about how Comcast will deliver wireless service. It no longer offers Sprint's wireless service through Pivot and it did not participate in the 700 MHz auction, so it will have to come up with a solution. Speculation has Comcast possibly entering a WiMAX joint venture with Sprint and Clearwire, or possibly buying out Sprint or T-Mobile.
[via GIGAOM]
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