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January 27, 2017

Your cable company wants to be your phone company

  • In Europe, it's increasingly common for consumers to get home internet, mobile service and TV from the same provider, and the U.S. may be heading the same way.
  • By TALI ARBEL
    AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK — Your TV provider may soon become your phone company. Which seems only fair, because your phone company also wants to be your TV provider.

    In the next few months, cable giant Comcast will start selling wireless service, just as AT&T and Verizon already do. Charter, the No. 2 cable company, also has a mobile plan. Meanwhile, the largest wireless carriers — AT&T and Verizon — have launched digital TV services.


     
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