Oceanic opens 10 new retailers as HawTel store strategy shifts

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 12, 2011

~~<p>Oceanic Time Warner Cable has announced the opening of 10 authorized retailers on Oahu and Maui. Meanwhile, the last of Hawaiian Telcom's familiar Phone Mart stores closed on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The former cable-only provider, the state's only cable company, competes against Hawaiian Telcom by offering digital phone service and cable Internet service — while Hawaiian Telcom, in addition to phone service, also offers Internet service and recently rolled out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hawaiiantel.com/tv/Splash/tabid/738/Default.aspx">its own cable TV service</a>.</p>
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Oceanic Time Warner Cable has announced the opening of 10 authorized retailers on Oahu and Maui. Meanwhile, the last of Hawaiian Telcom's familiar Phone Mart stores closed on Wednesday.

The former cable-only provider, the state's only cable company, competes against Hawaiian Telcom by offering digital phone service and cable Internet service — while Hawaiian Telcom, in addition to phone service, also offers Internet service and recently rolled out its own cable TV service. Login for more...