Sprint Nextel , Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks parent company Advance/Newhouse Communications have launched the branding of Pivot, the integrated service that gives consumers the ability to link their mobile service with their digital home phone, and certain high-speed Internet and digital cable services. Pivot combines powerful wireline and wireless networks to bring more useful capabilities to customers, such as one-button access to the Internet, home and wireless e-mail and mobile TV.
"Pivot was designed to help customers connect to home with an easier, more convenient and more affordable way to keep in touch, stay informed and be entertained. We want to make technology work better and faster for the customer—and with our unique partnership, we can do things our competitors cant," said John Garcia, president Sprint/MSO Joint Venture. "Pivot links your wireless phone with the comforts of home. Our common vision is to give customers anywhere easy access to the entertainment, communications and information services that are already important to them."
Pivot provides customers with the ability to watch live and mobile TV, access home TV listings using a programming guide like the one they use at home, check home e-mail and voicemail from one source, access the Internet, make unlimited calls between their cable home service and mobile phones, and have the convenience of one point of contact for service and billing.
Pivot is now available in eight metropolitan areas: Raleigh, North Carolina.; Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.
Pivot is expected to launch in 40 metropolitan areas in 2007. The capability to program your home DVR from your Sprint phone will also be available to customers in select areas in 2007. The service can be purchased at Sprint retail stores in those markets or by calling your cable company's call center. Currently, four handsets from the Sprint portfolio are featured in the Pivot offering, although the service is available on any Sprint handset.
For more information, check out the press release Innovative Wireless Service Gives Customers the Power to Feel at Home Anywhere.
