The cable companies, according to a Wired article, have decided to add wireless services to their current mix of wired offerings, which include TV, Internet access, and voice telephony.
It makes sense, and the cable companies are more likely to get it right than companies like Verizon, which are betting on hybrid systems like EVDO to deliver data to cellphones.
But I'm skeptical about how fast this "new" concept will move. The cable company vision of a very capable PDA/phone/TV thingie is where things are going, but to sell them, you have to have a compelling mix of services and content AND a wireless delivery system that covers whole markets.
That is easier said than done, and the whole thing sounds a lot like some of the more giddy dot-com concepts that deflated rather quickly once the money ran out.
The other "little" problem the cable companies have is that they are deeply in debt, so they don't have much money to invest in grand ventures like this. But all this talk probably scares the heck out of the phone companies.