Altice is Latest Cable Company to Offer Mobile Service, Priced at $20 a Month for Life

Altice became the latest cable company to launch a mobile service offering. The offering, Altice Mobile, comes with an attractive introductory price of just $20 a month “for life” for unlimited data, text, talk and mobile hotspot nationwide. The $20 offer is only available to people who subscribe to Altice’s Optimum or Suddenlink service, however. (Those are the brands associated with Cablevision and Suddenlink – two companies that Altice purchased to gain a foothold in the U.S.) Customers who don’t use Optimum or Suddenlink service but are “in or near” the company’s footprint can get the same offer for $30 a month. The offer includes unlimited text and talk to more than 35 countries – a capability that apparently leverages Altice’s international holdings and agreements. The company is headquartered in Europe. Altice joins Comcast and Charter, two other major cable companies that have launched mobile service.