Cox Communications Wireless Vice President Stephen Bye, talked with Fierce Wireless and defended the cable operator’s decision to plow full steam ahead with its own mobile wireless play in 2009. During an interview with FierceWireless, Bye touched on subjects such as spectrum, Cox’s relationship with Sprint and how Cox is doing something different than what

Citing the adage that "contrarian investors buy straw hats in winter," Cox Communications Wireless Vice President Stephen Bye defended the cable operator's decision to plow full steam ahead with its own mobile wireless play in 2009 and explained how he believes a cable operator, on its own, can enter into a highly competitive market in a suffering economy. During an interview with FierceWirel...

'Contrarian' Cox readies mobile wireless business launch Citing the adage that "contrarian investors buy straw hats in winter," Cox Communications Wireless Vice President Stephen Bye defended the cable operator's decision to plow full steam ahead with its own mobile wireless play in 2009 and explained how he believes a cable operator, on its own, can enter into a highly competitive ...

Cable telecom giant Cox Communications Inc. recently announced it will launch wireless services in 2009.

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...

Perhaps the third time will be a charm for Cox Communications. Earlier this week the cable company revealed some more details of its pending wireless deployment. The firm said it is going to build its own 3G network--using 1xEVDO Rev A technology--and use the wireless spectrum it has acquired by bidding in the 700 MHz spectrum auction and the AWS spectrum auction (in the AWS spectrum auc...

Cox Communications to enter wireless market in 2009.

It has been reported by the Associated Press that Cox Communications, a known cable company, is planning to launch its own mobile phone network. Although nothing has been official yet, Cox has already shelled out over a half billion dollars to get a wireless spectrum license. The Associated Press has further reported that Cox will

Atlanta-based Cox Communications Inc. will announce Monday plans to launch its own cellular network next year. Cox has spent $550 million on airwaves licenses which signaled their desire to enter the market.  Cox's licenses cover the Atlanta area, New Orleans, San Diego, Omaha, Neb., and Las Vegas as well as much of Kansas and southern New Mexico covering about  about 23 million peop...

“Atlanta-based Cox Communications said it will use Sprint’s national network to enter the wireless market in 2009.”