STV
Sprint Telecommunications Venture. An alliance of Sprint (long distance), Teleport Communications Group (See CAP), Tele-communications Inc., Cox Communications, and Comcast (cable TV companies), which purchased the largest nationwide rights to Personal Communication Services for $2 billion. (See Personal Communication Services in the hard copy dictionary.) STV intends to provide a full set of services to both business and consumers, including wireline and wireless, and data, voice, and video.