Many other cable and satellite companies in the United States offer landline telephone and broadband services as part of bundled packages, and AT&T offers a so-called quad-play through its DirecTV satellite arm
that includes television, broadband, landline and wireless services.
Comcast and Charter Communications Forge Wireless Alliance -
By CHAD BRAYMAY 8, 2017
As more consumers “cut the cord” on traditional cable television, businesses selling those
services are responding by offering a wider range of products, hoping to retain customers.
The two companies had already said they would offer wireless services, and they most likely hope to use their combined scale to negotiate agreements with suppliers and take advantage of a network of Wi-Fi hot spots
that the companies have built for customers in their service areas.