Cellular offload is on the agenda again, but is now being driven by cable companies – at least in the USA, where it is coming partly as a response to the highly successful assault by mobile operators with Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). Offload is also being driven by the desire to cut costs associated with provision of multi-play services that include mobility through MVNO agreements. The more data that is offloaded onto their own coaxial networks, the less cablecos pay to their MNO partner, which is often Verizon in the US market. This is largely a US story at present, reflecting those competitive pressures from FWA, and also some other factors. This is most notably the democratization of access to…