The FCC has given Dish Network “a reasonable opportunity to...
The FCC has given Dish Network “a reasonable opportunity to offer wireless broadband service, a prospect that could attract potential suitors and increase the value of its spectrum,” Stifel Nicolaus analysts wrote investors. The agency proposed rules Wednesday (CD March…
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22 p4) to make the S-band spectrum, recently acquired by Dish and currently allocated for mobile satellite service, available for terrestrial services. The agency does propose to impose a severe penalty for failing to reach 30 percent of the total population in its licensed areas within three years and 70 percent within seven years, Stifel said. A failure to meet the proposed milestone would mean an automatic loss of all license authorizations, a “draconian step” that could complicate “the business plans of Dish or any party eying its spectrum,” the analysts said.