Cable-Tec 2019: Second-largest U.S. cableco eyes services over fixed wireless

Charter wants to beam video, voice and data everywhereNEW ORLEANS – Ramping up for the emerging 5G wireless era, Charter Communications is exploring the idea of using new wireless spectrum to beam a bundle of video, voice and data services to subscribers beyond the edges of its wired hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks.Speaking at the SCTE/ISBE Cable-Tec Expo show here last week, Craig Cowden, Charter's senior vice-president of wireless technology, said the cableco is looking at ways to leverage soon-to-be-available CBRS spectrum (3550-3700 MHz) to deliver the "triple-play" package to homes it can't reach now with its wired network. He cited...