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Comcast Corp. has entered the 3G wireless provider world, rolling out today a new high-speed wireless data service in Boston called High-Speed 2go. Customers will be able to access one or all three of Comcast’s XFinity-branded voice, data and video using wireless data cards.
To carry its new service offering, Comcast has announced it will use the Sprint Co. 3G national network. According to officials, teaming up with Sprint also gives them a path to offering 4G connectivity through Sprint’s 4G partnership with Clearwire, which uses the WiMax 4G standard. That 4G deployment in Boston is expected sometime this year, Comcast said.
The new Comcast 3G service will be bundled with wired connectivity for the home for $54.99 for the first 12 months. That will include a wi-fi router. Existing home Xfinity customers can add the 3G wireless service for $40 more a month, Comcast said.
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) invested in Clearwire in 2008, making it the logical choice for its planned 4G wireless offering. However, Verizon Communications Inc. already has a 4G pilot deployment in Boston, using the competing standard Long Term Evolution, or LTE. That standard is the one of choice for most telecom carriers, including AT&T Co.
For its part, Verizon, which offers a competing home television, Internet and phone service called FiOS, recently announced a new Innovation Center planned for its Waltham campus, which will focus on both FiOS and LTE.
Comcast reported 107,000 employees as of the end of March. The Philadelphia-based company made a profit of $866 million for the first quarter of 2010, on revenue of $9.2 billion.
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