Charter Follows Comcast With Plan to Offer Mobile Phone Service
- Company seeks to activate wireless pact with Verizon, CEO says
- Service would link mobile phone networks with Wi-Fi hotspots
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The cable industry’s march into the wireless business is starting to look like a stampede.
A day after Comcast Corp. said it will introduce a Wi-Fi-based phone service by the middle of next year, Charter Communications Inc. said it’s exploring a similar option -- potentially entering a market dominated by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc.