Cox Wireless Broadband?Spectrum grab hints at possible plans
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old news - 09:48AM Tuesday Mar 25 2008)
tags: business · wireless · cable · Cox HSIIn the recent 700Mhz auction, Cox Communications won 14 Block A and eight Block B licenses for bids totaling roughly $304 million. While Cox hasn't publicly stated what they plan to do with this spectrum, the geographic limitations of the spectrum mirrors their existing cable footprint -- leading to obvious speculation that the company
will be offering wireless broadband before too long. Likely targets are their largest metro markets: San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Pensacola, Florida, and Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a private company, Cox doesn't have to worry (as much) about the plan dragging down their share price (rumors of wireless ambitions hit Comcast stock hard in 2007).