| The industry has been humming with hearsay on | | | | one-way communication capabilities. |
| the potential possibility of the Dish Network | | | | This spectrum purchased is most appropriate for |
| satellite television service now getting a step | | | | large scale broadcasting services to the masses. |
| closer to wireless relaying of the service. This | | | | Therefore, the infrastructure available along with |
| surprise surge in industry gossip is attributed to | | | | its capabilities makes it a huge potential for mobile |
| Dish Network Corp's sudden and unexpected | | | | broadcast TV services nation wide. If the |
| winning of their bid over the wireless airwaves put | | | | company is ready to put in another $3 billion to $5 |
| on auction by the government. Dish Network | | | | billion worth of investments, it will be all set to |
| Corp, which was the erstwhile Echostar | | | | embark on a full fledged wireless video network. |
| Communications, won the deal in the last week of | | | | What's more? Dish Network Corp's annual filing in |
| March 2008, thereby giving rise to mobile | | | | the month of February this year saw the |
| television service rumors. | | | | company clearly speculating plans of expanding |
| What's truly exciting about this win is that now | | | | into the mobile arena with portable video, |
| Dish Network Corp has the basic infrastructure to | | | | integrated data as well as voice services. |
| launch a mobile television service at its discretion. | | | | In any case the Dish Network phenomenon is |
| The bid was one at a whooping $711 million. | | | | certain to get bigger by leaps and bounds now. |
| However, it ensured that the company now has | | | | This assertion is all thanks to the resources now |
| its rights over an entire block of licenses with a | | | | available at their prudence, and which are bound |
| coverage spanning over roughly the whole of the | | | | to increase in value in one way or the other. |
| country. These licenses envelop an array of | | | | |