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 Headquarters of Charter Communications in Stamford, Connecticut | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Telecommunications Mass media (Internet) |
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| Founded | 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | 41 states[1] |
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| Products | |
| Brands | Spectrum |
| Revenue |  US$54.61 billion (2023)[2] |
| US$12.56 billion (2023)[2] | |
 US$5.26 billion (2023)[2] | |
| Total assets | US$147.2 billion (2023)[2] |
| Total equity | US$14.72 billion (2023)[2] |
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Number of employees | c. 101,100 (2023)[2] |
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| Website | corporate |
Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
With over 32 million customers in 41 states as of 2022,[5][1] it is the largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers,[6] just ahead of Comcast, and the largest pay TV operator ahead of Comcast and AT&T.[7] Charter is the fifth-largest telephone provider based on number of residential lines. It's brand of Spectrum services also include internet access, internet security, managed services, and unified communications.[8]
In late 2012, with longtime Cablevision executive Thomas Rutledge named as their CEO, Charter relocated its corporate headquarters from St. Louis, Missouri, to Stamford, Connecticut, though kept many of its operations in St. Louis.[9] On May 18, 2016, Charter finalized acquisition of Time Warner Cable and its sister company Bright House Networks,[10] making it the third-largest pay television service in the United States.[11][12][13] In 2019, Charter ranked No. 70 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[14]
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- ^ Enterprise business products and services. enterprise.spectrum.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Gov. Malloy: Charter Communications Moving Corporate Headquarters to Stamford". CBS New York. October 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "TWC acquisition by Charter". BIC. November 22, 2017. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020.
- ^ James, Meg (May 18, 2016). "Charter completes purchase of Time Warner Cable, Bright House". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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