Dish Network “discussed the possibility of a more accelerated buildout schedule...
Dish Network “discussed the possibility of a more accelerated buildout schedule than what it proposed in its applications.” The discussion came during phone calls with FCC Wireless Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan and aides, the company said in an ex parte…
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filing (http://xrl.us/bms62o). The FCC is reviewing Dish’s application to use the 2 GHz S-band satellite spectrum for terrestrial services as part of the company’s purchases of DBSD and TerreStar. Dish’s application said it would commit to buildout schedules like those in the Sprint/Nextel and Sprint/Clearwire deals -- somewhere around 30 million Americans within 6 years. AT&T has filed in the proceeding saying the FCC should impose LightSquared-like conditions. LightSquared agreed to build out to 260 million Americans within 6 years of the transfer of control from SkyTerra to Harbinger Capital Partners, the transaction that created LightSquared. Dish also said it may accept conditions that would give other carriers access to its S-band spectrum.