Comcast to Hire 4,000 Employees in 2006 to Support Triple Play Rollout
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comcast Corporation
(Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of cable,
entertainment and communications products and services, today announced it
has added more than one million Comcast Digital Voice customers in less
than two years. This milestone underscores the record growth Comcast
continues to experience across all cable products as it aggressively rolls
out its $33 per product first-year bundle of phone, high-speed and video
services. Comcast also recently became the first broadband provider to
cross the 10 million high-speed Internet customer threshold, following
several high-growth quarters and the close of the Adelphia transaction, and
is the nation's largest video provider with 23.3 million cable customers.
To keep pace with the growing popularity and increasing demand of the
Triple Play, Comcast also announced that it now expects to add more than
4,000 jobs nationwide this year, a significant increase from its previously
announced plans of 3,000 new customer-facing positions.
"Comcast Digital Voice and the Triple Play bundle continue to exceed
our expectations. Customers are attracted to the convenience of the service
and the value of the $33x3 offer," said Steve Burke, chief operating
officer of Comcast Corporation. "We're increasing our job growth
projections this year to meet the accelerating customer demand for the
bundle and our Comcast Digital Voice service."
The 4,000 new employees will join Comcast's current 66,000-member cable
division workforce in helping connect customers to Comcast Digital Voice
and other cutting-edge cable, entertainment and communications products and
services. These new jobs include 3,000 front-line technicians and 1,000
customer care representatives who will install, maintain and provide
support for the company's services, as well as managerial and sales
positions. As a result of its commitment to employees, Comcast is regularly
recognized by local publications as a top employer, receiving 25 awards for
being a "Best Employer" in states and cities around the country.
Comcast Digital Voice
Comcast Digital Voice is a less expensive, fully featured
digital-quality phone service and a replacement for customers' plain old
telephone service which includes: unlimited local and domestic
long-distance calling (including calls to Canada and Puerto Rico);
competitive international rates; Web access to voicemail; online call
management; E911 service; and 12 of the most popular calling features.
Comcast Digital Voice quality and performance were recognized as one of the
industry's best in a recent study by Keynote Systems, known as The Internet
Performance Authority(R), which tested the audio quality of 12 VoIP
providers. Comcast Digital Voice stands out because calls originate and
travel over Comcast's advanced, proprietary managed network, unlike best
effort Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings that run on the public
Internet.
Comcast High-Speed Internet
Comcast set the industry standard for speed in 2003 and continues to
enhance its high-speed Internet service with 8Mbps/768kbps and
6Mbps/384kpbs speeds and dozens of free features, including: security from
McAfee, the PowerBoost(TM) speed enhancer, Comcast PhotoCenter, videomail,
email and more. Comcast has increased customer speeds four times in three
years for no additional charge, and introduced more than 65 products on its
Comcast.net portal. Comcast's media player, The Fan(TM), which provides an
easy way to find, search, watch, organize and save favorite video content
was recently awarded the Flashforward People's Choice award.
Comcast Digital Cable
Comcast Digital Cable with ON DEMAND offers hundreds of television
channels and a growing library of more than 7,500 video on demand programs
per month- available any time customers want to watch them, with the
ability to fast forward, rewind and pause selections. Approximately 95% ON
DEMAND programs are available at no additional charge for Comcast Digital
Cable customers based on their service levels. Comcast also recently
introduced an industry-leading initiative to offer more than 100 hours of
high-definition video-on-demand (HD VOD) programs in addition to its HDTV
linear channel lineup.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is
the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications
products and services. With 23.3 million cable customers, 10 million
high-speed Internet customers, and 1.6 million voice customers, Comcast is
principally involved in the development, management and operation of
broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS
KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. Comcast also has
a majority ownership in Comcast Spectacor, whose major holdings include the
Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball
team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
SOURCE Comcast Corporation
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