{"id":227569,"date":"2010-01-25T16:49:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T21:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=93972"},"modified":"2010-01-25T16:49:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T21:49:36","slug":"forget-cable%e2%80%99s-wimax-dreams-cox-trials-lte-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/227569","title":{"rendered":"Forget Cable\u2019s WiMAX Dreams: Cox Trials LTE Network"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Cox, the nation’s third-largest cable company, said today that it’s successfully delivered a voice call<\/a> and high-definition video streaming over a fourth-generation Long Term Evolution network using some of the more than $550 million worth of spectrum it purchased during the 2006 AWS and 2008 700 MHz auctions<\/a>. But while the trials held in Phoenix and San Diego may bring Cox’s 6.2 million customers closer to a quadruple-play offering<\/a> of video, voice, data and mobility, they stand in stark contrast to the 4G wireless plans of Cox’s cable competitors, which all involve WiMAX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cox has detailed plans to deploy a 3G networking using the same CDMA technology as both Verizon and Sprint, and in December tested that service in three markets<\/a>, with Sprint as its partner providing nationwide 3G coverage. Cox plans to officially launch its 3G wireless network in March in those three markets and roll out coverage to the remaining markets over time.<\/p>\n

However, as Cox embraces LTE as its fourth-generation wireless technology of choice (using gear from Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei), its fellow cable companies have invested billion in Clearwire and its WiMAX rollout. Which puts Cox in the same camp as most of the telecommunications providers, which are also betting on LTE<\/a>.<\/p>\n