<A target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2008-10-26-cox-communications-wireless-cellphone_N.htm?csp=34">Cox Communications has unveiled plans</A> to launch cellphone service in the second half of 2009 that will make the No. 3 cable operator a rival of AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon.