We are offering an ownership interest in a combined company with a comprehensive product and services suite, a significantly enhanced subscriber base, considerable financial and operating scale, as well as a spectrum portfolio that would lead the industry.
This is a considerable accomplishment considering the time period and the limited subscriber base.
Two years ago, its subscriber base, currently at 1,400, increased by half.
With 54 million subscribers, it is more than 30 million short of ESPN's subscriber base.
The deal adds 48,500 subscribers, bringing Charter's total Michigan subscriber base to about 600,000.
Both companies gained around 9m more subscribers over the past year, equivalent to the entire broadband subscriber base of Verizon.
"Our subscriber base is very conservative," Mr. Capasso said.
The company will not release figures on its subscriber base.
"We multiplied our subscriber base by 2.5 in one year.
Nevertheless, the subscriber base has been growing about 10percentt a year.
Willcom subscribers have fallen steadily since 2007, while DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank have continued to boost their subscriber base.
