Dish Bid Boosts First Big U.S. Airwaves Sale in Five Years
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Dish Network Corp. is in position to be the most aggressive bidder in the first major U.S. airwaves auction in more than five years, which started today. The question is what the satellite-television operator will do with the bargain-priced frequencies if it wins.
Dish may use the frequencies to challenge leading mobile service providers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., or it may act as a conduit and lease the airwaves so companies like Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. can provide mobile broadband service.