The cable industry’s continued struggles with the cellular market was highlighted by comments this week from Mike Roudi, SVP and GM for broadband services at Time Warner Cable during the Oracle Industry Connect event, which indicated the company would remain focused on Wi-Fi for its wireless broadband plans and was not looking to acquire a cellular operator.
TWC, which is in the process of merging operations with fellow cable providers Charter Networks and Bright House Networks, currently offers its cable-based broadband customers access to hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi access points for so-called nomadic Internet services.
