Charter’s Rutledge: Millimeter wave an opportunity to ‘connect malls and other things to the enterprise space
Charter Communications Chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge said the company wants to try out those products in “several markets so that we can learn how to use them to our advantage competitively."
“I think 5G-type technologies or millimeter wave technologies or small cell, high-frequency, high-capacity, low-latency wireless networks are products that we will develop,” Rutledge said Thursday during Charter third-quarter earnings call with investment analysts. “They may or may not be connected to an MVNO relationship or a mobility relationship. I think that there are opportunities to create wireless drops in certain cases, so direct wireless connections that mimic a physical connection, to connect malls and other things in the enterprise space and buildings that are not contiguous or have big parking lots or, in some cases, low density areas, it might make some sense.
