Dish to Sell Wireless Spectrum If Network Plans Fail

[dfergie]

Dish has “billions of dollars of spectrum” that could become available, Ergen said yesterday at a conference in Dana Point, California hosted by AllThingsD.

Source & More: Business Week

 

[Claude Greiner]

I think selling the spectrum was the plan all along. They should have started building out years ago when Charlie bought all the old analog tv spectrum

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

They couldn't start building out (and still can't) without proper FCC approval.

 

[KAB]

Regardless, he owns a ton of real estate.

 

[Juan]

nobody want to buy it at his prices

 

[navychop]

IF they can pull this off, I think Dish keeping and using the wireless spectrum they have could be quite synergistic and increase competition. The latter, of course, putting a damper on any current cell provider's ardor for the deal.

 

[navychop]

nobody want to buy it at his prices

To my knowledge, he hasn't set any prices yet. And may not, if the declared Plan A works out.

 

[Juan]

To my knowledge, he hasn't set any prices yet. And may not, if the declared Plan A works out.

Charlie was shopping it to Verizon back in January..Verizon said thanks but no thanks..however the chinese are looking to set up a network and would pay charlie billions http://romesentinel.com/news?newsid=20130212-142105