U.S. phone company AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it began marketing its AT&T Homezone, a long-awaited service that combines high-speed Internet and satellite television in one set-top box.
Homezone, which offers digital video recording, movies on demand, photo- and music-sharing, and Web-based remote access, is initially available in Ohio and San Antonio, Texas, ahead of a broader launch in coming months.
The new service comes as phone companies like AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc. launch various product bundles to compete against rival cable companies’ all-in-one offerings of video, voice and Internet services.
Homezone is meant to be an alternative to AT&T’s Web-based television service U-Verse, which runs on fiber optic networks, for customers who live in areas without fiber deployment, said AT&T spokesman Fletcher Cook.
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