Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) is spending around $10 billion to acquire a wide range of spectrum licenses in the FCC’s now-completed AWS-3 spectrum auction. That spectrum, combined with the wide-ranging spectrum licenses that Dish already owns, will tu…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
How Charlie Ergen turned a satellite TV provider into a spectrum powerhouse, and what he might do next
Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) is spending around $10 billion to acquire a wide range of spectrum licenses in the FCC’s now-completed AWS-3 spectrum auction. That spectrum, combined with the wide-ranging spectrum licenses that Dish already owns, will tu…
AWS-3 AUCTION RESULTS: AT&T leads with $18.2B, Verizon at $10.4B, Dish at $10B and T-Mobile at $1.8B
1. AT&T (bidding under the name AT&T Wireless Services 3 LLC) = $18,189,285,0002. Verizon (bidding under the name Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless) = $10,430,017,0003. Dish (bidding under the name Northstar Wireless, LLC and SNR Wirel…
AWS-3 AUCTION RESULTS: AT&T leads with $18.2B, Verizon at $10.4B, Dish at $10B and T-Mobile at $1.8B
1. AT&T (bidding under the name AT&T Wireless Services 3 LLC) = $18,189,285,0002. Verizon (bidding under the name Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless) = $10,430,017,0003. Dish (bidding under the name Northstar Wireless, LLC and SNR Wirel…
Reports: Microsoft to invest in startup Cyanogen, which wants to disrupt Google’s control of Android
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is considering an investment in mobile startup Cyanogen, according to multiple reports. Cyanogen is seeking to chip away at Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) control over the Android mobile platform by offering a modified version of t…