Charter Communications

Network Operator

USA

Valid from 1993-01-01

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About

Founded in 1993. Charter Communications, Inc. is publicly traded (NASDAQ: CHTR) and serves ~57 million homes/businesses in 41 U.S. states via Spectrum. It is both a Network Operator (owns and operates a large hybrid-fibre-coax HFC broadband network) and an ISP (via its Spectrum brand). Partnered with Broadcom (and Comcast) to develop Unified DOCSIS 4.0 chipsets capable of up to 25 Gbps over its existing network (Source), (Source), (Source).

Operator Characteristics

Wholesale-only Network Operator?

Yes
Charter Communications is wholesale-only; it owns network infrastructure but does not itself brand as a direct retail-ISP separate from its Spectrum brand (Source).

Owns Networks

Spectrum HFC / Hybrid Network
Charter Communications owns and operates the Spectrum HFC / Hybrid Network used by Spectrum (Source).

Consolidations

Absorbed from: Bright House Networks — announced 2016-05-01; completed 2016-05-01 (acquired)
Bright House Networks acquired by Charter Communications in May 2016 (Source)