Comcast launches Pivot on Cape Ann

Comcast Corp. and Sprint announced the Cape Ann launch of Pivot, a service that allows consumers to link their wireless phones with their Comcast digital cable, high-speed Internet, and digital voice products.

Pivot is now offered in Gloucester, Manchester, Essex, and Rockport, the companies said, and the service is now available in more than 200 communities stretching from Cape Cod to southern New Hampshire.

By adding Pivot, Comcast customers can watch mobile television from dozens of networks, view television listings, check e-mail and voice-mail, access information on the Internet, make unlimited calls between their home and wireless phone without using wireless plan minutes, and receive one consolidated monthly bill for all four services, the companies said.

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Comcast is a provider of cable, entertainment, and communications products.

Based in Virginia, Sprint Nextel Corp. is a global communications company.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)